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Malcolm X quotes

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“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The thing to me worse than death was the betrayal. I could conceive death.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Time is more important to me than distance.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?” Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet
“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, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Only the mistakes have been mine.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and boola-boola and all of that.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you're both engaged in the same business—you know they're doing something that you aren't.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“reading had changed forever the course of my life.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being—neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being marrying another...” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem—just to avoid violence.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Even Samson, the world's strongest man, was destroyed by the woman who slept in his arms. She was the one whose words hurt him.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“I'm sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“I learned that pilgrims from every land—every color, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike—all snored in the same language.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“It seems that some women love to be exploited. When they are not exploited, they exploit the man.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, 'What's your alma mater?' I told him, 'Books.'” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“It's a time for martyrs now. And if I'm to be one, it will be in the cause of brotherhood. That's the only thing that can save this country.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“If I weren't out here every day battling the white man, I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity—because you can hardly mention anything I'm not curious about.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could carry, and no true leader sets too fast a pace for his followers to keep up.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Segregation is that which is forced upon inferiors by superiors. But separation is that which is done voluntarily, by two equals—for the good of both!” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“But it is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come; it is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The only true world solution today is governments guided by true religion—of the spirit.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (28)
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