To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
MALCOLM XTo have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
MALCOLM XI don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
MALCOLM XHow can anyone be against love?
MALCOLM XIf you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
MALCOLM XMy sincerity is my credentials.
MALCOLM XThe future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
MALCOLM XBe peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
MALCOLM XI’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.
MALCOLM XIf you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
MALCOLM XThose who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
MALCOLM XWe need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
MALCOLM XHistory is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
MALCOLM XYou’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
MALCOLM XWe are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
MALCOLM XIn 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.
MALCOLM XThe only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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