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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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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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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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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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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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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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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How can anyone be against love?
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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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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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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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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