So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
MALCOLM XAnytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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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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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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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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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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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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You’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.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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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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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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