So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
MALCOLM XSo early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
MALCOLM XPolicies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
MALCOLM XHow can anyone be against love?
MALCOLM XIf you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
MALCOLM XA race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
MALCOLM XBe peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
MALCOLM XAnytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
MALCOLM XIf you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
MALCOLM XCulture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
MALCOLM XI have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
MALCOLM XLearn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
MALCOLM XThe only thing power respects, is power.
MALCOLM XYou show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
MALCOLM XIt is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
MALCOLM XWe’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
MALCOLM XSometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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