We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
MALCOLM XI 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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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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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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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You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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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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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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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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