A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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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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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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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.
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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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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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How can anyone be against love?
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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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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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