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Malcolm X Quotes: To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace
         

To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace


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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.



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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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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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Now, four years out of high school, I'm in an environment where people appreciate personality over appearance, and that makes me happy.



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Oh, I wish I could tell you I was a Mr. Fix-It, but I am not that kind of guy. I get frustrated so easily.

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I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.



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Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.




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