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Malcolm X Quotes: If ballots won't work, bullets will.
         

If ballots won't work, bullets will.


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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.



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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.



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



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





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He understands now why kisses in movies are filmed the way they are, with the camera endlessly circling, circling: the ground is unsteady under his.



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Additionally, I will be respectfully asking countries, such as Germany, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, to pay more for the tremendous security we provide them.



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Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.



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Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.




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