Quotes by Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

American activist

Lived from: 1925 - 1965

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 19 may 1925 Died: 21 february 1965

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  • It has taken us that long to get the deaf, dumb, and blind black men in the wilderness of North America to wake up and understand who they are.
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  • Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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  • My alma mater was books, a good library. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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  • My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
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  • Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.
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  • One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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  • Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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  • Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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  • People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.
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  • Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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  • Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.
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  • Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power.
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  • Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.
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  • Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
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  • Stumbling is not falling.
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  • The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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  • The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.
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  • The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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  • The only thing power respects, is power.
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  • The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba - yes Cuba too.
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