The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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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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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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
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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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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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How can anyone be against love?
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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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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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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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Some things are better done than said.
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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
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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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