Malcolm X Police Brutality Quotes & Sayings

Considering the sense of powerlessness that such a state of affairs would bring about, to have people floating in a pool of mysterious question marks seems like a minor sin. — Haruki Murakami

This is the thing you need to spread the word about among our people wherever you go. Never let them be brainwashed into thinking that whenever they take steps to see that they're in a position to defend themselves that they;re being unlawful. The only time you're being unlawful is when you break the law. It's LAWFUL to have something to DEFEND yourself. — Malcolm X

Come lie down with me, I've longed for nothing as much as your arms these past days. — Jeaniene Frost

Understanding your own anatomy and how it functions is crucial to changing your thinking and changing your life. — Toni Sorenson

Sometimes in this life, only one or two opportunities are put before us and we must seize them no matter the risk. — Andre Dubus III

In the snow outside my window I see a small green frog, one eye blinking and the other wide open, unmoving, looking at me . I know this is God. — Gao Xingjian

Thought is the thought of thought. — James Joyce

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again. — Malcolm X

Fear cannot be trusted ... It exaggerates everything. It is both treacherous and dishonest. — David Gemmell

If you tell me that there are obstacles in the way of your ambition that make it impossible to pursue, then I know it's not a real ambition. There are always obstacles. The 'perversity of events,' as someone once called it, is always ready to lick us. Events are never right for achieving what we most want to achieve. If this were not so, there would be no real fun in being 17
or even in being alive. — Helen Gahagan Douglas

The purpose of art is mystery. — Rene Magritte

One time I was really close to Steve Martin. I was too afraid to actually go talk to him, but I'll count that as meeting. — Baron Vaughn

All the stories are true — Cassandra Clare

Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus. — Pope Francis

You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard enough. — Edward De Bono

I am not made for despair — Lian Hearn

A man with a rifle or a club can only be stopped by a person who defends himself with a rifle or a club. That's equality. If the United States government doesn't want you and me to have rifles, then take the rifles away from those racists.
If they don't want you and me to use clubs, take the clubs away from the racists. If they don't want you and me to get violent, then stop the racists from being violent. Don't teach us non-violence!!! — Malcolm X