Malcolm X quotes - page 2

If Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins or any of these compromising Negros who say exactly what the white man wants to hear is interviewed anywhere in the country you don't get anybody to offset what they say. But whenever a black man stands up and says something that white people don't like then the first thing that man does is run around to try and find somebody to say something to offset what has just been said. This is natural but it is done. (Malcolm X)
You can't separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. View quote
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I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street. View quote
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The problem facing our people here in America is bigger than all other personal or organizational differences. Therefore as leaders, we must stop worrying about the threat we seem to think we pose to each other's personal prestige; and concentrate our united efforts towards solving the unending hurt that is being done daily to our people here in America. View quote
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If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. View quote
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color. View quote
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Early in life I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come. (Malcolm X)
I saw all races, all colors, blue eyed blonds to black skinned Africans in true brotherhood! In unity! Living as one! Worshiping as one! No segregationists, no liberals; they would not have known how to interpret the meaning of those words. View quote
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They cripple the bird's wing, and then condemn it for not flying as fast as they. View quote
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I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and boola-boola and all of that. View quote
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The young whites, and blacks, too, are the only hope that America has, the rest of us have always been living in a lie. View quote
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I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism - a human being is exercising extremism - in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner. View quote
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression. View quote
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How can anyone be against love? View quote
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If a dog is biting a black man, the black man should kill the dog, whether the dog is a police dog or a hound dog or any kind of dog. If a dog is fixed on a black man when that black man is doing nothing but trying to take advantage of what the government says is supposed to be his, then that black man should kill that dog or any two-legged dog who sets the dog on him. View quote
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past. Therefore we need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Once we have more knowledge (light) about each other, we will stop condemning each other and a United front will be brought about. View quote
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Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future. Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle. We must take hold of it and forge the future with the past. (Malcolm X)
It'll be the ballot or it'll be the bullet. It'll be liberty or it'll be death. And if you're not ready to pay that price don't use the word freedom in your vocabulary. View quote
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You get freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get your freedom; then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it. View quote
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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's already yours? View quote
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Any time you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't. View quote
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