I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
MALCOLM XStumbling is not falling.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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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.
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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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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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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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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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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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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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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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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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Stumbling is not falling.
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
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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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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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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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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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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.
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