Malcolm X Quotes

Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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Angry Change Condition Cry People Sad
Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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Complete Equality Freedom Justice Necessary Objective
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Courtesy Law Obey Peace Respect Violence
Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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History Qualification Research Reward Study
All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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Freedom People Stand World
How can anyone be against love?
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Against Love One Liner
Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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Business Competition Engagement Especially Success
Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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Culture Dead History People Root Tree
You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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Deep Hate Racism Root Tree
It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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Come Darkness Extreme Grief Joy Light
You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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Capital Racism
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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Action Goals Mistake Movement Organize People Sleep Try Wake Up
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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Deep Man Philosophy Thankful Yourself
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Creation Each Other Inspirational Light Love Need Patience Understand Unity
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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Acceptance Battle Believe Fight Freedom Hell People Religion
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Education Element Human Right Struggle
Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Anger Hatred Inspirational Kindness Meet Power
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Adult Children Failure Inspirational Learning Lesson Shame Try
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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Acceptance Battle Believe Fight Freedom Hell People Religion
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Education Element Human Right Struggle
Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Anger Hatred Inspirational Kindness Meet Power
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Adult Children Failure Inspirational Learning Lesson Shame Try
I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Attitude Believe Brotherhood Man Self Respect
Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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Bad Enemy Job Rely Shape
I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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Person Positive Sincere
When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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Deep Ill Inspirational Team Work Togetherness
There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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Black Black Lives Matter Unity White

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