It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
MALCOLM XIf you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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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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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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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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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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