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MALCOLM X

AFRO-AMERICAN MUSLIM MORALIZER, SPEAKER AND FERVANT DEFENDER OF THE RIGHTS OF THE BLACKS, BORN IN 1925 IN OMAHA IN THE UNITED STATES.

« YOU GET FREEDOM BY LETTING YOUR ENEMY KNOW THAT YOU'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET YOUR FREEDOM. »

NOBODY CAN GIVE YOU FREEDOM. NOBODY CAN GIVE YOU EQUALITY OR JUSTICE OR ANYTHING. IF YOU’RE A MAN

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I JUST DON’T BELIEVE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING UNJUSTLY OPPRESSED THAT THEY SHOULD LET SOMEONE ELSE SET RULES FOR THEM BY WHICH THEY CAN COME OUT FROM UNDER THAT OPPRESSION.

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IT’S HARD FOR ANYONE INTELLIGENT TO BE NONVIOLENT. EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE DOES SOMETHING WHEN YOU START PLAYING WITH HIS LIFE

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IN THE PAST

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WHEN WE SEE THAT OUR PROBLEM IS SO COMPLICATED AND SO ALL-ENCOMPASSING IN ITS INTENT AND CONTENT

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CHANGE IS ONLY A GOOD THING IF YOU CHANGE IN A GOOD WAY.

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I WANT TO TAKE NEGROES OUT OF THE GHETTO AND PUT THEM IN GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS IN GOOD HOUSES.

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IF YOU TURN THE OTHER CHEEK

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GOOD EDUCATION

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YOU CAN’T LEGISLATE GOOD WILL – THAT COMES THROUGH EDUCATION.

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THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR IT TODAY.

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AMERICA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY THAT CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A BLOODLESS REVOLUTION.

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TO HAVE ONCE BEEN A CRIMINAL IS NO DISGRACE. TO REMAIN A CRIMINAL IS THE DISGRACE.

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DO YOU KNOW WHAT INTEGRATION REALLY MEANS? IT MEANS INTERMARRIAGE. THAT’S THE REAL POINT BEHIND IT. YOU CAN’T HAVE IT WITHOUT INTERMARRIAGE. AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN DISINTEGRATION OF BOTH RACES.

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I HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR A MAN WHO LETS ME KNOW WHERE HE STANDS

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INTEGRATION WILL NOT BRING A MAN BACK FROM THE GRAVE.

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MY BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS – OF ALL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

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SEGREGATION IS THAT WHICH IS FORCED UPON AN INFERIOR BY A SUPERIOR. SEPARATION IS DONE VOLUNTARILY BY TWO EQUALS.

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WE ARE NONVIOLENT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NONVIOLENT WITH US.

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I DON’T SEE AN AMERICAN DREAM

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I’M THE MAN YOU THINK YOU ARE. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I’LL DO

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WHAT IS A DIXIECRAT? A DEMOCRAT. A DIXIECRAT IS NOTHING BUT A DEMOCRAT IN DISGUISE.

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WITHOUT EDUCATION

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THE DAY THAT THE BLACK MAN TAKES AN UNCOMPROMISING STEP AND REALIZES THAT HE’S WITHIN HIS RIGHTS

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BEING AN OLD FARM BOY MYSELF

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I FOR ONE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU GIVE PEOPLE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CONFRONTS THEM AND THE BASIC CAUSES THAT PRODUCE IT

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THERE IS NOTHING IN OUR BOOK

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I FEEL LIKE A MAN WHO HAS BEEN ASLEEP SOMEWHAT AND UNDER SOMEONE ELSE’S CONTROL. I FEEL THAT WHAT I’M THINKING AND SAYING IS NOW FOR MYSELF. BEFORE IT WAS FOR AND BY THE GUIDANCE OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. NOW I THINK WITH MY OWN MIND

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WHEN A PERSON PLACES THE PROPER VALUE ON FREEDOM

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WHEN GHETTO LIVING SEEMS NORMAL

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THEY PUT YOUR MIND RIGHT IN A BAG

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IF YOU HAVE A DOG

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YOU SHOW ME A CAPITALIST

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YOU CAN’T HATE THE ROOTS OF A TREE AND NOT HATE THE TREE. YOU CAN’T HATE AFRICA AND NOT HATE YOURSELF.

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YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A MAN TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO BE AN INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING.

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THE REAL NAMES OF OUR PEOPLE WERE DESTROYED DURING SLAVERY. THE LAST NAME OF MY FOREFATHERS WAS TAKEN FROM THEM WHEN THEY WERE BROUGHT TO AMERICA AND MADE SLAVES

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I BELIEVE IN A RELIGION THAT BELIEVES IN FREEDOM. ANY TIME I HAVE TO ACCEPT A RELIGION THAT WON’T LET ME FIGHT A BATTLE FOR MY PEOPLE

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ONE DAY

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ENVY BLINDS MEN AND MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO THINK CLEARLY.

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MY ALMA MATER WAS BOOKS

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I WANT DR. KING TO KNOW THAT I DIDN’T COME TO SELMA TO MAKE HIS JOB DIFFICULT. I REALLY DID COME THINKING I COULD MAKE IT EASIER. IF THE WHITE PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS

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YOU’RE NOT TO BE SO BLIND WITH PATRIOTISM THAT YOU CAN’T FACE REALITY. WRONG IS WRONG

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POWER IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM IS GREATER THAN POWER IN BEHALF OF TYRANNY

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WE DECLARE OUR RIGHT ON THIS EARTH TO BE A HUMAN BEING

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CONCERNING NONVIOLENCE

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I BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE

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I BELIEVE IN THE BROTHERHOOD OF ALL MEN

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I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL ULTIMATELY BE A CLASH BETWEEN THE OPPRESSED AND THOSE THAT DO THE OPPRESSING. I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A CLASH BETWEEN THOSE WHO WANT FREEDOM

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IT TAKES HEART TO BE A GUERRILLA WARRIOR BECAUSE YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN. IN CONVENTIONAL WARFARE YOU HAVE TANKS AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH YOU TO BACK YOU UP—PLANES OVER YOUR HEAD AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT A GUERRILLA IS ON HIS OWN. ALL YOU HAVE IS A RIFLE

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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

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IF YOU HAVE NO CRITICS YOU’LL LIKELY HAVE NO SUCCESS.

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STUMBLING IS NOT FALLING.

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DON’T BE IN A HURRY TO CONDEMN BECAUSE HE DOESN’T DO WHAT YOU DO OR THINK AS YOU THINK OR AS FAST. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU DIDN’T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW TODAY.

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I AM NEITHER A FANATIC NOR A DREAMER. I AM A BLACK MAN WHO LOVES PEACE

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DR. KING WANTS THE SAME THING I WANT. FREEDOM.

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IN ALL OUR DEEDS

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THE NEGRO REVOLUTION IS CONTROLLED BY FOXY WHITE LIBERALS

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HISTORY IS NOT HATRED.

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I HAVE OFTEN REFLECTED UPON THE NEW VISTAS THAT READING OPENED TO ME. I KNEW RIGHT THERE IN PRISON THAT READING HAD CHANGED FOREVER THE COURSE OF MY LIFE. AS I SEE IT TODAY

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A RACE OF PEOPLE IS LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL MAN; UNTIL IT USES ITS OWN TALENT

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PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE HOW A MAN’S WHOLE LIFE CAN BE CHANGED BY ONE BOOK.

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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS DEATH.

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WE BLACK MEN HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME IN OUR OWN STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE

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HISTORY IS A PEOPLE’S MEMORY

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POWER NEVER TAKES A BACK STEP – ONLY IN THE FACE OF MORE POWER.

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TIME IS ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSED TODAY

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SPEAKING LIKE THIS DOESN’T MEAN THAT WE’RE ANTI-WHITE

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EDUCATION IS OUR PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE

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MALCOLM-X-QUOTE-ON-STANDING-FOR-SOMETHING

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A MAN WHO STANDS FOR NOTHING WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING.

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ONCE I WAS

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EARLY IN LIFE I HAD LEARNED THAT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING

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BE PEACEFUL

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WE DO NOT CONDEMN THE PREACHERS AS AN INDIVIDUAL BUT WE CONDEMN WHAT THEY TEACH. WE URGE THAT THE PREACHERS TEACH THE TRUTH

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WE’RE NOT AMERICANS

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I DON’T EVEN CALL IT VIOLENCE WHEN IT’S IN SELF DEFENSE; I CALL IT INTELLIGENCE.

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USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAD

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IF VIOLENCE IS WRONG IN AMERICA

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IT IS A TIME FOR MARTYRS NOW

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NONVIOLENCE IS FINE AS LONG AS IT WORKS.

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PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A REVOLUTION DON’T BECOME PART OF THE SYSTEM; THEY DESTROY THE SYSTEM… THE NEGRO REVOLUTION IS NO REVOLUTION BECAUSE IT CONDEMNS THE SYSTEM AND THEN ASKS THE SYSTEM IT HAS CONDEMNED TO ACCEPT THEM…

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I AM FOR VIOLENCE IF NON-VIOLENCE MEANS WE CONTINUE POSTPONING A SOLUTION TO THE AMERICAN BLACK MAN’S PROBLEM JUST TO AVOID VIOLENCE.

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE THE BLACK MUSLIM MOVEMENT GROW WAS ITS EMPHASIS UPON THINGS AFRICAN. THIS WAS THE SECRET TO THE GROWTH OF THE BLACK MUSLIM MOVEMENT. AFRICAN BLOOD

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THERE CAN BE NO BLACK-WHITE UNITY UNTIL THERE IS FIRST SOME BLACK UNITY. WE CANNOT THINK OF UNITING WITH OTHERS

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THE HOLIEST AND MOST SACRED CITY ON EARTH. THE FOUNTAIN OF TRUTH

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I AM NOT A RACIST. I AM AGAINST EVERY FORM OF RACISM AND SEGREGATION

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THERE IS NO BETTER THAN ADVERSITY. EVERY DEFEAT

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A WISE MAN CAN PLAY THE PART OF A CLOWN

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WE CANNOT THINK OF BEING ACCEPTABLE TO OTHERS UNTIL WE HAVE FIRST PROVEN ACCEPTABLE TO OURSELVES.

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ALL OF OUR EXPERIENCES FUSE INTO OUR PERSONALITY. EVERYTHING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO US IS AN INGREDIENT.

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IF YOU’RE NOT READY TO DIE FOR IT

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I’M FOR TRUTH

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WE NEED MORE LIGHT ABOUT EACH OTHER. LIGHT CREATES UNDERSTANDING

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CHILDREN HAVE A LESSON ADULTS SHOULD LEARN

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THE MEDIA’S THE MOST POWERFUL ENTITY ON EARTH. THEY HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THE INNOCENT GUILTY AND TO MAKE THE GUILTY INNOCENT

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YOU HAVE TO WAKE THE PEOPLE UP FIRST

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TRUTH IS ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSED.

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HOW CAN ANYONE BE AGAINST LOVE?

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YOU CAN’T SEPARATE PEACE FROM FREEDOM BECAUSE NO ONE CAN BE AT PEACE UNLESS HE HAS HIS FREEDOM.

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IT’S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU’VE GOT SOME COFFEE THAT’S TOO BLACK

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SO EARLY IN MY LIFE

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THE WHITE MAN IS AFRAID OF TRUTH… I’M THE ONLY BLACK MAN THEY’VE EVER BEEN CLOSE TO WHO THEY KNOW SPEAKS THE TRUTH TO THEM. ITS THEIR GUILT THAT UPSETS THEM

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THE ABILITY TO READ AWOKE INSIDE OF ME SOME LONG DORMANT CRAVING TO BE MENTALLY ALIVE.

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A NEW WORLD ORDER IS IN THE MAKING

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WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW THE WHITE MAN

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YES

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I FIND IT DIFFICULT [TO BELIEVE] THAT… CHRISTIANS ACCUSE [BLACK MUSLIMS] OF TEACHING RACIAL SUPREMACY OR… HATRED

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SITTING AT THE TABLE DOESN’T MAKE YOU A DINER

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