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.
MALCOLM XAll over this world people are standing up for freedom.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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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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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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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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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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