The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
MALCOLM XRespect me, or put me to death.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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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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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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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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How can anyone be against love?
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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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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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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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