Malcolm X Quotes

American - Activist May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965

You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.

Education Good You Will Through Legislate

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Education Today Future Tomorrow Belongs Passport Prepare Those Who

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

You Freedom Man Justice Anything Equality Give Nobody Take

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

You Freedom Peace He Because His Separate Unless No-One

I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.

Me Believe Men Street Anyone Brotherhood Practice Two-Way Two-Way Street Want Wasting Who I Believe I Believe In

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Success You Critics Likely

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.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.

Me You Show Capitalist

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

Intelligence Self Violence Call Even Defense Self-Defense

Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.

Stumbling is not falling.

Falling Stumbling

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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Life Good My Life Curiosity Books Could Just Library Reading Rest Satisfying Spend

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

Power Innocent Earth Control Because Entity Guilty Make Masses Media Minds Most Most Powerful Powerful

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

History Man People Memory Animals Lower Without

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Today Future Who Prepare Those Belongs

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

Truth Truth Is Side Oppressed

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

Long Fine Nonviolence Works

Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.

Education You World Without Going Anywhere

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.

Face Power Step Never Back More More Power Only Takes

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

You Freedom Die Your Out Put Ready Vocabulary Word

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

Success Failure Time Respect Deeds Determines Our Proper Value

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.

Truth Justice Matter Who Against Tells

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

You Freedom Man Fight Be A Man Being Human Human Being Intelligent

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.

Believe Human Color I Believe Beings Human Beings Regardless Respected Should I Believe In

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

You Respect Law Someone Cemetery Courteous Everyone Hand Him His Obey Peaceful Puts Send

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

You Face Patriotism Reality Blind Face Reality Matter Says Supposed Who Wrong

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.

Man I Am Black Violence Am American Avoid Continue Just Means Non-Violence Problem Solution

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

God Government Black White Controlled Itself Liberals Only Revolution

America preaches integration and practices segregation.

America Segregation Integration Practices Preaches

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.

You Revolution Peaceful Thing Nonviolent

America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution.

America Country Revolution First Actually Bloodless

I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.

City Blessed Mecca Been Holy Visit

America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.

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.

You Like Back Expression Afraid Alley Ballot Bullet Cotton Get Got Patch Should Use

What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.

Nothing Disguise Democrat

Integration will not bring a man back from the grave.

Man Will Back Grave Bring Integration

There is nothing in our book, the Koran, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent.

Religion Nothing Book Us Intelligent Koran Our Peacefully Suffer Teaches

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.

You Eating America Born American Being Diner Here Make Must Plate Sitting Some Table

My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.

Father Name Know Real Got Grandfather He His Master Real Name Slave

The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless.

Man King White Keep Luther Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Pays Reverend

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