"Sometimes you have to pick the gun up…" — Malcolm X

"Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down."

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377 Quotes by Malcolm X

Malcolm X has 377 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and…
We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting…
The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being.…
The Negro's so-called 'revolt' is merely an asking to be accepted into the existing system!
My beliefs are now one hundred percent against racism and segregation in any form and I also believe that we…
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.
Growing is the result of learning.
The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown…
When you hear me say "by any means necessary," I mean exactly that. I believe in anything that is necessary…
It's easy to become a satellite today without even being aware of it. This country can seduce God. Yes, it…
A segregated school system produces children who, when they graduate, they do with crippled minds.
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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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
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This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to… — Joe Arpaio
The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the… — Mary Astell
I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help… — Rodney Atkins
I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for… — Rowan Atkinson
I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones,… — Margaret Atwood
The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as… — Chinua Achebe

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