Quotes by Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

American activist

Lived from: 1925 - 1965

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 19 may 1925 Died: 21 february 1965

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  • 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.
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  • I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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  • I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.
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  • I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his.
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X (2015)
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  • I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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  • I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
    3 december 1964
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  • I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.
    The Ballot or the Bullet (1964)
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  • I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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  • I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity.
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  • I want to take Negroes out of the ghetto and put them in good neighborhoods in good houses.
    U.S. News & World Report, 30-03-1964
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  • I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
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  • If ballots won't work, bullets will.
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  • If not now then when, if not me then who?
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  • If we are extremists, then we are not ashamed of it, for the conditions that our people suffer are extreme, and extreme illness can not be cured with moderate medicine
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  • If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.
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  • If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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  • If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
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  • In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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  • In order for a man to really understand himself he must be part of a nation; he must have some land of his own, a God of his own, a language of his own. Most of all he must have love and devotion for his own kind.
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  • Integration will not bring a man back from the grave.
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