I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
MALCOLM XBe peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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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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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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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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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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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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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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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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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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