Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
MALCOLM XEducation is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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If 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.
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I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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In 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.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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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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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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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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