I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.

Quote by Malcolm X

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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...

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,...

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to...

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to...

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to...

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to...

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...

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my...

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my...

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...

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to...

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to...

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness

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

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

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 believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such,...

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such,...

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

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

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

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....

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed...

The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed...

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...

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

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

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand...

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand...