Malcolm X Quotes

Malcolm X
Malcolm X
American Activist
Born: May 19, 1925
Died: Feb 21, 1965
Black Man Me People White You
Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Elizabeth Cady Stanton Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony
In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk and honey. But the Pharaoh disobeyed, and he was destroyed. Malcolm X
God Freedom Bible People Free Honey Destroyed Would He Go Oppressed Offered Just Land Milk
The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God. Malcolm X
God Government Black Revolution White Liberals Only Itself Controlled
When ghetto living seems normal, you have no shame, no privacy. Malcolm X
You Privacy Living Ghetto Seems Shame Normal
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion. Malcolm X
Time Freedom Religion Me Fight Battle People Hell Believe Say Accept Any Believes
Stumbling is not falling. Malcolm X
Stumbling Falling
If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years. Malcolm X
You Other Enslaved Cheek Years Turn
Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad. Malcolm X
Sad Myself Home Me Old Made Farm Glad Never Make Boy Always Coming Coming Home Chickens Did Being Roost
We are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... he has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people. Malcolm X
Time You Man People Own White Our Top Our Time Citizenship Boss He Talking Working Your Wasting
If it's lawful to have a rifle club to kill pheasants, it should be just as lawful to have one to kill wolves or dogs that are being sicked on little black babies. In fact, it's constitutional. Article Number Two of the constitution guarantees the right of every citizen to own a rifle or a shot gun. Malcolm X
Constitution Citizen Black Gun Own Club Every Babies Constitutional Lawful Fact Dogs Wolves Article Just Being In Fact Little Shot Should Rifle Right Number Two Guarantees
I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence. Malcolm X
Man Problem Black Solution Non-Violence Am Continue American Just Means Avoid Violence
I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca. Malcolm X
Blessed Visit City Been Holy Mecca
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy. Malcolm X
Me You Man Gun Hypocrisy White Pretend Embrace Brotherhood Brotherly Voluntarily Puts Toward Arm Make Him Around His Friendly Hold Then
What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his fingers, can have the audacity to be asking black people, 'Do they hate him?' That takes a lot of nerve. Malcolm X
Man Hate People Black White Nerve Fingers Dripping Takes Know Him Audacity How His Lot Off Blood Want Asking
My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the greatest binding tie we could have. We are all black people! Malcolm X
People Black Religious Religious Beliefs Brothers Brothers And Sisters Could Tie Greatest Sisters Common Beliefs Binding
If ballots won't work, bullets will. Malcolm X
Work Will Bullets Ballots
The goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man who had brutalized them for 400 years. Malcolm X
Man King Sit White Negroes Beside Restaurant Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Give Segregated Had Years Goal Same Them Who Dr Chance Luther
You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution. Malcolm X
You Revolution Nonviolent Peaceful Thing
If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality. Malcolm X
You Equality Dog Club Must Rifle
The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks. Malcolm X
Me People Islam White Indictment Indictments Blacks Blanket Wrong True Make Against Whites Shown
It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley. Malcolm X
You Back Alley Cotton Like Got Bullet Ballot Patch Get Afraid Should Use Expression
The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless. Malcolm X
Man King White Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Reverend Pays Keep Luther
You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized. Malcolm X
You Light Negative Control Nothing Complete Projected About Having Colonial Civilized Over Until Powers Always Up Dominated Africa Cannibals Realize Europe Savages
In the past, the greatest weapon the white man has had has been his ability to divide and conquer. If I take my hand and slap you, you don't even feel it. It might sting you because these digits are separated. But all I have to do to put you back in your place is bring those digits together. Malcolm X
You Man Together Past White Back Those Has-Been Weapon Ability Divide Take Had Put Feel Because Greatest Been His Sting Hand Greatest Weapon In The Past Place Might Separated Your Even Conquer Slap Bring
No, we are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... He has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people. Malcolm X
Time You Man People Own White Our Top Our Time Citizenship Boss He Talking Working Your Wasting
When we see that our problem is so complicated and so all-encompassing in its intent and content, then we realize that it is no longer a Negro problem, confined only to the American Negro; that it is no longer an American problem, confined only to America, but it is a problem for humanity. Malcolm X
Humanity Problem Complicated Our See Only Longer Content America American Intent Confined Realize Then
Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power. Malcolm X
Face Power Back More Only More Power Never Step Takes
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