History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
MALCOLM XMankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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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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When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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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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The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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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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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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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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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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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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