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.
MALCOLM XI believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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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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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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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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The price of freedom is death.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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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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How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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