--- title: "9 Asking Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "9 Asking quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Asking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/malcolm-x-213_accepted_the-negro-s-so-called-revolt-is-merely-a_130229.jpg" --- > [The Negro's so-called 'revolt' is merely an asking to be accepted into the existing system!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-negro-s-so-called-revolt-is-merely-an-asking-to-be-accepted-into/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/malcolm-x-213_accepted_the-negro-s-so-called-revolt-is-merely-a_130229.jpg) > [The Chinese in this country aren't asking for integration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-chinese-in-this-country-aren-t-asking-for-integration/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/malcolm-x-213_asking_the-chinese-in-this-country-aren-t-askin_1962617.jpg) > [The only minority in America that's asking for integration is the so-called Negro, primarily because he is inferior, not inherently inferior, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-only-minority-in-america-that-s-asking-for-integration-is-the-so/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/malcolm-x-213_america_the-only-minority-in-america-that-s-aski_357489.jpg) > [What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his fingers, can have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/what-i-want-to-know-is-how-the-white-man-with-the-blood-of-black/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/malcolm-x-213_asking_what-i-want-to-know-is-how-the-white-man_575812.jpg) > [What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his fingers, can have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/what-i-want-to-know-is-how-the-white-man-with-the-blood-of-black-2/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/malcolm-x-213_asking_what-i-want-to-know-is-how-the-white-man_2653850.jpg) > [An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, ‘What’s your alma mater?’ I told him, ‘Books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-london-asking-questions-one-was/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-lon_2426551.jpg) > [We don't think that we're begging for anything. We think we're demanding what is ours by right. And all we're asking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/we-don-t-think-that-we-re-begging-for-anything-we-think-we-re-2/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/malcolm-x-213_asking_we-don-t-think-that-we-re-begging-for-an_1707426.jpg) > [Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/not-long-ago-an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-london-asking/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/malcolm-x-213_able_not-long-ago-an-english-writer-telephone_2461146.jpg) > [For the white man to ask the black man if he hates him is just like the rapist asking the raped, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/for-the-white-man-to-ask-the-black-man-if-he-hates-him-is-just-like/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/malcolm-x-213_accusing_for-the-white-man-to-ask-the-black-man-i_2631608.jpg) ## Other authors on Asking ## More by Malcolm X > [If Christianity had asserted itself in Germany, six million Jews would have lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/if-christianity-had-asserted-itself-in-germany-six-million-jews-would/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-career-has-to-be-looked-at-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/american-civil-rights-leader-where-do-we-go-from-here-chaos-or/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Be nonviolent only with those who are nonviolent to you. And when you can bring me a nonviolent racist, bring me a nonviolent segregationist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/be-nonviolent-only-with-those-who-are-nonviolent-to-you-and-when-you/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-can-t-legislate-good-will-that-comes-through-education/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/truth-is-on-the-side-of-the-oppressed-today-it-s-against-the-oppressor/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving and be kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-going-to-jail-with-negroes-are/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [We Muslims believe that the white race, which is guilty of having oppressed and exploited and enslaved our people here in America, should and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/we-muslims-believe-that-the-white-race-which-is-guilty-of-having/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [I mean a real police state just to get a token recognition of a law. It take, it took, I think, 15,000 troops and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-mean-a-real-police-state-just-to-get-a-token-recognition-of-a-law/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Like Samson, I am ready to pull down the white man's temple, knowing full well that I will be destroyed by the falling rubble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/like-samson-i-am-ready-to-pull-down-the-white-man-s-temple-knowing/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Any negro who occupies a position that was given to him by the white man, if you analyze his function, his function never enables…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/any-negro-who-occupies-a-position-that-was-given-to-him-by-the-white/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Stumbling is not falling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/stumbling-is-not-falling/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [God is going to punish the white man for his misdeeds toward black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/god-is-going-to-punish-the-white-man-for-his-misdeeds-toward-black/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Much of what I say might sound like it's stirring up trouble, but it's the truth!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/much-of-what-i-say-might-sound-like-it-s-stirring-up-trouble-but-it-s/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-believe-in-the-brotherhood-of-all-men-but-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "9 Asking Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 9, 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