The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
MALCOLM XYou and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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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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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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Who taught you to hate 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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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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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