"If you stick a knife nine inches into……" — Malcolm X
"If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn't even begun to pull out the knife."
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Malcolm X
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377 Quotes by Malcolm X
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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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