Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
MALCOLM XThose who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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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 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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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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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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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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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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