I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
MALCOLM XHow can anyone be against love?
More Malcolm X Quotes
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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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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’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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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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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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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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