Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
MALCOLM XIf 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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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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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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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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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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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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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
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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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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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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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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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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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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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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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Stumbling is not falling.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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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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You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
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