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 XThe future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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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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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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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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Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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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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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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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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The price of freedom is death.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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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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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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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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