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 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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My sincerity is my credentials.
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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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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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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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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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