You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
MALCOLM X
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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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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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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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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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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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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