Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
MALCOLM XSome things are better done than said.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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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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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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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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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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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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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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