We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
MALCOLM XHow 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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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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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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The price of freedom is death.
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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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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.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Some things are better done than said.
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You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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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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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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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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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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