I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
MALCOLM XAnytime 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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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How can anyone be against love?
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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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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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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.
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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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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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