You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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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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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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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 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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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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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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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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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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How can anyone be against love?
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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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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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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