History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
MALCOLM XThe ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Mankind’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.
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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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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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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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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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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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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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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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