The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
MALCOLM XEducation is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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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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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
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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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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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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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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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