Malcolm X Quotes
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist.
(1925 - 1965)
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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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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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
[Education]
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I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.
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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 believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.
[Against]
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If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
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If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
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If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
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Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.
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Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.
[Power]
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Stumbling is not falling.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.
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