If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
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It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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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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You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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Some things are better done than said.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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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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All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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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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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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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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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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