To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
MALCOLM XYou and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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I 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.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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