You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
MALCOLM XReading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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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.
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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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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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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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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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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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The only thing power respects, is power.
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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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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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