"They cripple the bird's wing, and then condemn……" — Malcolm X

"They cripple the bird's wing, and then condemn it for not flying as fast as they."

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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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More Bird Quotes

This quote is filed under Bird Quotes, one of 2,421 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. — Neil Armstrong
What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and… — David Attenborough
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone… — David Attenborough
Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know… — David Attenborough
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime… — John James Audubon
It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. — Abu Bakr
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that… — Douglas Adams
What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish,… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California… — Roseanne Barr
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. — James M. Barrie
I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading. — Lynda Barry
A fish may love a bird, but where would they live? — Drew Barrymore

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