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You can’t have capitalism without racism.

Malcolm X

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
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
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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Bad Enemy Job Rely Shape
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 media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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Control Earth Entity Guilty Innocent Mass Media Mind Power Powerful
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Gun Peace Struggle Violence War
How can anyone be against love?
MALCOLM X

Against Love One Liner
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
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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One Liner Oppress Truth
Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
MALCOLM X

According Change Objective Politics Program
Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
MALCOLM X

Culture Dead History People Root Tree
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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Certificate Change Course Gain Improvement Intellect Life Position Reading
The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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Children Giving Inspirational Message Mother Teacher World
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Adult Children Failure Inspirational Learning Lesson Shame Try
A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
MALCOLM X

Acquire Believe Freedom Man Preserve Sun

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