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 XYou can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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How can anyone be against love?
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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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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.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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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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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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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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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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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