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Malcolm X Quotes: If the ballot doesn't work, we'll try something else. But let us try the ballot.
         

If the ballot doesn't work, we'll try something else. But let us try the ballot.


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The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.



A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.



We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.



When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.

When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.



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.

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.



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

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



If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.



You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.



The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.



Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.





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Could K. represent the congregation all by himself? What if he had been a stranger merely visiting the church? That was more or less his position.



We are only here for a little while, and our bodies belong to ourselves and no one else.

We are only here for a little while, and our bodies belong to ourselves and no one else.



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Immoral" is the judgment of the stalled ox on the gamboling lamb.



You can judge the validity of any idea or concept by asking Is this true for me?

You can judge the validity of any idea or concept by asking Is this true for me?



The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.



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I see things written about the golf swing that I can't believe will work except by accident .



So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time. As far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn.

So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time. As far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn.



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A little scorn is alluring.




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