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.
MALCOLM XRevolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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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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I 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.
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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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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The only thing power respects, is power.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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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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