Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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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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We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
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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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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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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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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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