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Malcolm X quotes

American Activist May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965

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You can cuss out colonialism, imperialism, and all other kinds of ism, but it's hard for you to cuss that dollarism. When they drop those dollars on you, your soul goes. Malcolm X
The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you'll get action. Malcolm X
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
Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together by some form of hustling in the same way I did. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have..."
You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being. Malcolm X
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
Malcolm X quote: "One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding."
One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare."
I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest..."
It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come. Malcolm X
The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of..."
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out..."
If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X
Malcolm X quote: "If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out..."
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X
I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action. Malcolm X
And concerning anything in this society involved in helping Negroes, the federal government shows an inability to function. But it can function in South Vietnam, in the Congo, in Berlin, and in other places where it has no business. But it can't function in Mississippi. Malcolm X

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