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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.

Malcolm X

You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
MALCOLM X

Business Enemy Freedom Success Work Hard
I’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 X

Argument Mathematics Mistake Reason Subject
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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Action Goals Mistake Movement Organize People Sleep Try Wake Up
Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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Angry Change Condition Cry People Sad
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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Angel Come Devil Man Respect Stand Wrong
The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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Change Enable Flexible Himself Man Mental Necessary Open Minded Permit
You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
MALCOLM X

Democracy Politics
I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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Advocate Man Step Toe Violence
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
MALCOLM X

Acceptance Inspirational Ourselves Prove Self Love Thinking
Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
MALCOLM X

Black Lives Matter Compassion Crush Mercy Penalize People Racism Society Violence Weight
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
MALCOLM X

Attitude Equality Freedom Giving Justice Man
It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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Come Darkness Extreme Grief Joy Light
I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
MALCOLM X

Believe Black Colour Human Lives Matter Regard Respect
We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
MALCOLM X

Non Violence People Self Respect
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?
MALCOLM X

Deep Man Philosophy Thankful Yourself
It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
MALCOLM X

Death Freedom Liberty

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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