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