Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
MALCOLM XTo me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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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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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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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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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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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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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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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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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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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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