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.
MALCOLM XEducation is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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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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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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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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My sincerity is my credentials.
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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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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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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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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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