Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
MALCOLM XWe cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Stumbling is not falling.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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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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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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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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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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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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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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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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