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.
MALCOLM XYou don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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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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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.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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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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It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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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