"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was…" — Malcolm X
"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"
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377 Quotes by Malcolm X
Malcolm X has 377 quotes on this site.
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One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and…
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We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting…
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The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being.…
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The Negro's so-called 'revolt' is merely an asking to be accepted into the existing system!
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My beliefs are now one hundred percent against racism and segregation in any form and I also believe that we…
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Speaking like this doesn't mean that we're anti-white, but it does mean we're anti-exploitation, we're anti-degradation, we're anti-oppression.
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Growing is the result of learning.
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The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown…
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When you hear me say "by any means necessary," I mean exactly that. I believe in anything that is necessary…
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It's easy to become a satellite today without even being aware of it. This country can seduce God. Yes, it…
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A segregated school system produces children who, when they graduate, they do with crippled minds.
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I don't care how nice one is to you, the thing you must always remember is that almost never does…
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Well, capitalism is going to grow and grow. The nature of it is that the guy who has the most…
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Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of…
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It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of…
— John Bradshaw
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When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people…
— Terry Bradshaw
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I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And…
— Jimmy Carter
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Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character…
— Giacomo Casanova
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The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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One reason golf is such an exasperating game is that a thing we learned is so easily forgotten, and we…
— Bobby Jones
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If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such, the path of error is the path of truth.
— Hans Reichenbach
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To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised,…
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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The Body of B. Franklin, Printer Like the Cover of an old Book Its Contents turn out And Stript of…
— Benjamin Franklin
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A golf swing is a collection of corrected mistakes.
— Carol Mann
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