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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?

Malcolm X

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 X

Action Goals Mistake Movement Organize People Sleep Try Wake Up
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.
MALCOLM X

Angel Come Devil Man Respect Stand Wrong
If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
MALCOLM X

Black Lives Matter Equality Justice
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
MALCOLM X

Brutal Hands Police Solitude Sure Violence
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.
MALCOLM X

Change Enable Flexible Himself Man Mental Necessary Open Minded Permit
History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
MALCOLM X

Animal History Man Memories People
How can anyone be against love?
MALCOLM X

Against Love One Liner
Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
MALCOLM X

Effective Experience Help Inspirational Revolution
You can’t have capitalism without racism.
MALCOLM X

Capital Racism
Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
MALCOLM X

Bad Enemy Job Rely Shape
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.
MALCOLM X

Blind Face Matter Patriotism Politics Reality Wrong
Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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Business Children Enemy Fools Teaching
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 only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
MALCOLM X

Freedom History Identity Ourselves People Politics World
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.
MALCOLM X

Care Hate Love Newspaper Oppress People
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

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