We must find a common approach, a common solution, to a common problem.
—Malcolm X (via specialnights)
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 (via i-fry-water)
I don’t favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody would like to reach his objectives peacefully. But I’m also a realist. The only people in this country who are asked to be nonviolent are black people.
—- Malcolm X on the topic of : Violence (via nattyrootlivin)
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
—Malcolm X (via kwaya)
People don’t realize how a man’s life can be changed by one book.
—Malcolm X (via compulsivechaos)
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There’s a white man who makes the whiskey, then puts you in jail when you get drunk.
—malcolm x. (via venusessetpuer)
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if one is a citizen, one should not have to fight for one’s civil rights.
—Malcolm X (via chiefcornbeef)
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
Malcolm X
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To understand 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.
—The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X (via knowledgeappliedispower)
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
—Malcolm X (via truthengender)
