Malcolm X Short Quotes

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New York was heaven to me. And Harlem was Seventh Heaven.

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Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.

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Power never takes a back step — only in the face of more power.

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The white man was created a devil, to bring chaos upon this earth.

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A revolution is like a forest fire. It burns everything in its path.

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People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

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Allah always gives you signs, when you are with Him, that He is with you.

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No man is given but so much time to accomplish whatever is his life's work.

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I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his...

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As bad as I was, as much trouble and worry as I caused my mother, I loved her.

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Every morning when I wake up, now, I regard it as having another borrowed day.

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If the ballot doesn't work, we'll try something else. But let us try the ballot.

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Chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad.

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

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The junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition.

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If Christianity had asserted itself in Germany, six million Jews would have lived.

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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn't mean you have education.

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We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, my brothers and sisters—Plymouth Rock landed on us.

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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

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An integrated cup of coffee isn't sufficient pay for four hundred years of slave labor.

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No sane black man really wants integration! No sane white man really wants integration!

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It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.

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History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

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Any time you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't.

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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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The only true world solution today is governments guided by true religion — of the spirit.

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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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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.

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We are in a society where the power is in the hands of those who are the worst breed of humanity.

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