you did not write that quote, you plagiarized and added more words. Original, " If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything". Malcolm X

Stop pretending to be a writer, here's a quote by me, a real writer."If you cannot be original, you're a fake no matter how much you tell yourself you're not".


Mia Fox 2014

Mia wrote: "you did not write that quote, you plagiarized and added more words. Original, " If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything". Malcolm X

Stop pretending to be a writer, here's a quote by ..."

Hi Mia,

I'm completely confused by your bizarrely vitriolic insults and attacks. Are you sure you're in the correct place? Your comment is not related to this article about foreign policy nor have I intentionally plagiarized any quote? If you do not reply, I'll have to delete this comment as it does not make sense.

Additionally, it is worth noting that your quoted phrase above was not originally attributed to Malcolm X. The similar phrase that you posted above has no exact attribution to any writer, thinker or activist. Here, I Googled for you.

From the website Quote Investigator, "An interesting precursor for the saying appeared in a Methodist church announcement in an Iowa newspaper from 1926. The word order and meaning were distinct, but the keywords were the same. In 1927 the same precursor was printed as a “Sermonogram” in an Ohio newspaper: 1 2

It is easier to fall for anything than to stand for something."

There are an additional 16 individuals that have used or been credited with the nearly identical turn of phrase you have pasted above. Not a single source-supported attribution was applied to Malcolm X.

Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/...

Thank you.