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.
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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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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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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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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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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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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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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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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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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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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