Malcolm X on Freedom
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“If you're not ready to die for it, take the word "freedom" out of your vocabulary.”
“You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.”
“If this is a country of freedom, let it be a country of freedom; and if it's not a country of freedom, change it.”
“You get freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get your freedom; then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.”
“People are fed up with the dillydallying, pussyfooting, compromising approach that we've been using toward getting our freedom. We want freedom now, but we're not going to get it saying 'We Shall Overcome'. We've got to fight until we overcome.”
“Stop singing and start swinging. You can't sing up on freedom, but you can swing up on some freedom. Cassius Clay can sing, but singing didn't help him to become the heavyweight champion of the world; swinging helped him become the heavyweight champion.”