A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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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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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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.
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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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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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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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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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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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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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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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Stumbling is not falling.
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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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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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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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