Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
MALCOLM X
You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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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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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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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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How can anyone be against love?
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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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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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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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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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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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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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