Malcolm X Quotes

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• Learn the language that they understand, and when they come upon our doorstep to talk we can talk, and they will get the point. There…
• Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
• This religion (Islam) recognizes all men as brothers. It accepts all human beings as equals before God, and as equal members in the Human Family…
• I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It…
• A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
• Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
• 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…
• Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
• A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
• I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.
• Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
• You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
• If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
• If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
• I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like…
• I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
• I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
• If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
• You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
• 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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