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I believe that it would be almost impossible to find anywhere in America a black man who has lived further down in the mud of human society than I have; or a black man who has been any more ignorant than I have; or a black man who has suffered more anguish during his life than I have. But it is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come; it is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.

Malcolm X
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Malcolm X's Popular Quotes

You are either free or not free

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The only thing power respects, is power.

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

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If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not pr…

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When the people who are in power want to use again, create an image, to justify something that's bad, they use the press. And they'll use the press t…

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

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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.

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You know, if ever there was a people who should know how to practice brotherhood, it is the American Negro and it is the people of Egypt.

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

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