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.
MALCOLM XIt is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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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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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.
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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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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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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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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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