A revolution is bloody. Revolution is hostile. Revolution knows no compromise. Revolution overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way.
Malcolm X
Revolution, Conflict, Change, Action, Resistance
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“As I say, if we bring up religion we’ll have differences; we’ll have arguments; and we’ll never be able to get together.” Malcolm X
Religion, Differences, Unity, Belief, Understanding
Malcolm X Religion, Differences, Unity, Belief, Understanding“I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.” Malcolm X
Respect, Integrity, Truth, Honesty, Character
Malcolm X Respect, Integrity, Truth, Honesty, Character“Look at yourselves. Some of you teenagers, students. How do you think I feel and I belong to a generation ahead of you – how do you think I feel to have to tell you, ‘We, my generation, sat around like a knot on a wall while the whole world was fighting for its human rights – and you’ve got to be born into a society where you still have that same fight.’ What did we do, who preceded you? I’ll tell you what we did. Nothing. And don’t you make the same mistake we made...” Malcolm X
Generations, Reflection, History, Struggle, Responsibility
Malcolm X Generations, Reflection, History, Struggle, Responsibility“Until the image of the black man in the mind of the black man has been changed, there will always be delinquency, parental and juvenile. The idea is not to change the attitude of the white man to the black man but to change the attitude of the black man to himself.” Malcolm X
Identity, Self-perception, Change, Empowerment, Society
Malcolm X Identity, Self-perception, Change, Empowerment, Society“The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.” Malcolm X
Revolution, Politics, Power, Resistance, Faith
Malcolm X Revolution, Politics, Power, Resistance, Faith“You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get it. Then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.” Malcolm X
Freedom, Determination, Justice, Struggle, Empowerment
Malcolm X Freedom, Determination, Justice, Struggle, Empowerment“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
Struggle, Hustle, Reality, Society, Poverty
Malcolm X Struggle, Hustle, Reality, Society, Poverty“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.” Malcolm X
Oppression, Justice, Rights, Empowerment, Resistance
Malcolm X Oppression, Justice, Rights, Empowerment, Resistance“Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.” Malcolm X
Identity, America, Belonging, Society, Race
Malcolm X Identity, America, Belonging, Society, Race“This is why I say it’s the ballot or the bullet. It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.” Malcolm X
Freedom, Choice, Justice, Rights, Liberation
Malcolm X Freedom, Choice, Justice, Rights, Liberation“To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.” Malcolm X
Redemption, Change, Integrity, Society, Justice
Malcolm X Redemption, Change, Integrity, Society, Justice“In any organization, someone must be the boss. If it’s even just one person, you’ve got to be the boss of yourself.” Malcolm X
Leadership, Responsibility, Authority, Self-Control, Discipline
Malcolm X Leadership, Responsibility, Authority, Self-Control, Discipline“No man in our time aroused fear and hatred in the white man as did Malcolm, because in him the white man sensed an implacable foe who could not be had for any price – a man unreservedly committed to the cause of liberating the black man in American society rather than integrating the black man into that society.” Malcolm X
Resistance, Liberation, Fear, Commitment, Politics
Malcolm X Resistance, Liberation, Fear, Commitment, Politics“For one to control one’s thoughts and feelings means one can actually control one’s atmosphere and all who walk into its sphere of influence.” Malcolm X
Mindfulness, Control, Influence, Self-discipline, Power
Malcolm X Mindfulness, Control, Influence, Self-discipline, Power“You don’t have a peaceful revolution. You don’t have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There’s no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.” Malcolm X
Change, Revolution, Action, Justice, Freedom
Malcolm X Change, Revolution, Action, Justice, Freedom“Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was “What’s your alma mater?” I told him, “Books.” You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I’m not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man.” Malcolm X
Learning, Knowledge, Growth, Education, Awareness
Malcolm X Learning, Knowledge, Growth, Education, Awareness“In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That... was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about 'white men.'” Malcolm X
Religion, Brotherhood, Race, Reflection, Change
Malcolm X Religion, Brotherhood, Race, Reflection, Change