The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
MALCOLM XThe mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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