Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.

Malcolm X

Tags: peace war revolution violence arms pacifism armed-struggle

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Why am I as I am? To understand that of any person, his whole life, from
Birth must be reviewed. All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.

Malcolm X

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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.

Malcolm X

Tags: politics freedom history philosophy democracy hope individualism revolution communism socialism

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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

Malcolm X

Tags: power violence force resistance solidarity police-brutality

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You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

Malcolm X

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Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better."
-said by Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm X

Malcolm X

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I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading has opened to me. I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

Malcolm X

Tags: reading awareness

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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment

Malcolm X

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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

Malcolm X

Tags: freedom self-worth

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You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches and then pull it out six inches and say you're making progress ... No matter how much respect, no matter how much recognition, whites show towards me, as far as I am concerned, as long as it is not shown to everyone of our people in this country, it doesn't exist for me.

Malcolm X

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