Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Quote by Malcolm X

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My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your...

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your...

Anytime you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you're not.

Anytime you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you're not.

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew...

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew...

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

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

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

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

I see America through the eyes of a victim. I dont see any American dream....

I see America through the eyes of a victim. I dont see any American dream....

Your anger is like the bubbles in a can of soda. The more youre shaken,...

Your anger is like the bubbles in a can of soda. The more youre shaken,...

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American...

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American...

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

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

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If...

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition....

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition....

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong...

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong...

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

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

Stumbling is not falling.

Stumbling is not falling.

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

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