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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

Malcolm X

You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
MALCOLM X

Blood Capital Community Democracy Politics
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.
MALCOLM X

Deep Mistake Remember Sincere Want Wrong
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.
MALCOLM X

Black Lives Matter Compassion Crush Mercy Penalize People Racism Society Violence Weight
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
MALCOLM X

Attitude Equality Freedom Giving Justice Man
Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
MALCOLM X

Culture Freedom Indispensable Struggle Weapon
As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
MALCOLM X

Convince Done Motivational
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
MALCOLM X

Clown Man Play Wise
Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
MALCOLM X

Book Hands Ideas Knowledge Reading
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
MALCOLM X

Education Element Human Right Struggle
We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
MALCOLM X

Boat Catch Hell Man
You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
MALCOLM X

Fight Freedom Human Intelligence Man
I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
MALCOLM X

Against Benefit Human Humanity Justice Matter Truth
It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
MALCOLM X

Death Freedom Liberty
The price of freedom is death.
MALCOLM X

Death Freedom One Liner Price
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.
MALCOLM X

Change Enable Flexible Himself Man Mental Necessary Open Minded Permit
Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
MALCOLM X

Business Children Enemy Fools Teaching

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