Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
MALCOLM XThe 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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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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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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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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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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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