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.
MALCOLM X
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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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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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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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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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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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The only thing power respects, is power.
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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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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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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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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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