Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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More Malcolm X Quotes
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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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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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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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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Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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Some things are better done than said.
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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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