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We didn't land on Plymouth Rock—Plymouth Rock landed on us! — Malcolm X · 1992You are not an American, you are the victim of America! — Malcolm X · 1992Race relations2 quotes
Brothers and sisters, I am here to tell you that I charge the white man. I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest kidnapper on earth. There is no place in this world that man can go and say he created peace and harmony. Everywhere he's gone, he's created havoc. Everywhere he's gone, he's created destruction. So I charge him. — Malcolm X · 1992Because of the spiritual rebirth which I was blessed to undergo as a result of my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of one race. I intend to be very careful not to sentence anyone who has not been proven guilty. I'm not a racist and do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. In all honesty and sincerity it can be stated that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. Now my first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belong, for we, more than any others, are deprived of our inalienable rights. But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans. — Malcolm X · 1992War2 quotes
Yes, the purpose of war is to serve a political end, but the true nature of war is to serve itself. — Hunter · 1995In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself. — Hunter · 1995Aggression1 quote
You got anger, that's good you're gonna need it son. You got aggression that's even better, you're gonna need that, too. But any little two-year-old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger, harnessing that aggression into a team effort to achieve perfection! — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Authoritarianism1 quote
This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Authority1 quote
This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Controlling one's anger1 quote
You got anger, that's good you're gonna need it son. You got aggression that's even better, you're gonna need that, too. But any little two-year-old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger, harnessing that aggression into a team effort to achieve perfection! — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Discrimination1 quote
This is the essence of discrimination: formulating opinions about others not based on their individual merits, but rather on their membership in a group with assumed characteristics. — Joe Miller · 1993Epistemology1 quote
It's not what you know, it's what you can prove. — Alonzo · 2001Football1 quote
We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Islam1 quote
Because of the spiritual rebirth which I was blessed to undergo as a result of my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of one race. I intend to be very careful not to sentence anyone who has not been proven guilty. I'm not a racist and do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. In all honesty and sincerity it can be stated that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. Now my first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belong, for we, more than any others, are deprived of our inalienable rights. But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans. — Malcolm X · 1992Media1 quote
Forget everything you've seen on television and in the movies. There won't be any last minute, surprise witnesses. No one will break down on the stand with a tearful confession. — Joe Miller · 1993Media criticism1 quote
Forget everything you've seen on television and in the movies. There won't be any last minute, surprise witnesses. No one will break down on the stand with a tearful confession. — Joe Miller · 1993Mistakes1 quote
You don't make no mistakes? You be out here shootin', but you don't miss no shots ever? Ever? People make mistakes! People veer off the path! So what? God forgives them! — Jake Shuttlesworth · 1998Nuclear weapons1 quote
In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself. — Hunter · 1995Perfectionism1 quote
We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Racism1 quote
Because of the spiritual rebirth which I was blessed to undergo as a result of my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of one race. I intend to be very careful not to sentence anyone who has not been proven guilty. I'm not a racist and do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. In all honesty and sincerity it can be stated that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. Now my first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belong, for we, more than any others, are deprived of our inalienable rights. But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans. — Malcolm X · 1992Water1 quote
Water is for cowards. Water makes you weak. Water is for washing blood off that uniform and you don't get no blood on my uniform, boy you must be outside your mind! — Coach Herman Boone · 2000