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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

Malcolm X

Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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Bad Enemy Job Rely Shape
As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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Convince Done Motivational
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.
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Argument Mathematics Mistake Reason Subject
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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Action Goals Mistake Movement Organize People Sleep Try Wake Up
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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Attitude Believe Brotherhood Man Self Respect
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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Deep Mistake Remember Sincere Want Wrong
Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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Book Hands Ideas Knowledge Reading
There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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Black Black Lives Matter Unity White
Revolutions are never peaceful.
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One Liner Peace Revolution
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Adult Children Failure Inspirational Learning Lesson Shame Try
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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Anxiety Attract Era Force History Leadership Love Mankind Men Power Prove Spirit Spiritual
We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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Non Violence People Self Respect
The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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Freedom History Identity Ourselves People Politics World
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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Acceptance Battle Believe Fight Freedom Hell People Religion
The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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Change History Inspirational Men Person Thinking
Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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Effective Experience Help Inspirational Revolution

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