I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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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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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
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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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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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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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A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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