Quote #64

It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come; it is only after slavery and prison that the greatest appreciation of freedom can come. - 1965

More from Malcolm X

  1. You can't drive a knife into a man's back nine inches, pull it out six inches, and call it progress.
  2. The only true world solution today is governments guided by true religion - of the spirit.
  3. We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human be…
  4. Yes, I'm an extremist. The black race here in North America is in extremely bad condition. You show me a black man who isn't an extremist a…
  5. 'When I was born, I was black. When I grow up, I'm black. When I'm ill, When I die, I'm black. But you - When you're born, you're pink. Whe…
  6. The young whites, and blacks, too, are the only hope that America has, the rest of us have always been living in a lie.
  7. It's a crime, it's a crime what people don't know about their history. And we have not only to learn history, but I invite you to that othe…
  8. We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us.

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