--- title: "7 Bases Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "7 Bases quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Bases sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/malcolm-x-213_bases_when-you-have-your-own-bus-then-you-have_1685631.jpg" --- > [When you have your own bus, then you have dignity. When you have your own school, you have dignity. When you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-you-have-your-own-bus-then-you-have-dignity-when-you-have-your/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/malcolm-x-213_bases_when-you-have-your-own-bus-then-you-have_1685631.jpg) > [We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/we-the-black-masses-don-t-want-these-leaders-who-seek-our-support/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/malcolm-x-213_bases_we-the-black-masses-don-t-want-these-lea_1934877.jpg) > [What Mr. Muhammad says is, they should take their Navy and their - Merchant Fleet and ship us back where they got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/what-mr-muhammad-says-is-they-should-take-their-navy-and-their/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/malcolm-x-213_bases_what-mr-muhammad-says-is-they-should-tak_2051466.jpg) > [Not a state within a state, but the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is, is saying that the black man, since the white man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/not-a-state-within-a-state-but-the-honorable-elijah-muhammad-is-is/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/malcolm-x-213_bases_not-a-state-within-a-state-but-the-honor_2787579.jpg) > [The zionist argument to justify Israel's present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-zionist-argument-to-justify-israel-s-present-occupation-of-arab/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/malcolm-x-213_argument_the-zionist-argument-to-justify-israel-s_2816266.jpg) > [Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/revolution-is-based-on-land-land-is-the-basis-of-all-independence/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/malcolm-x-213_bases_revolution-is-based-on-land-land-is-the_2849624.jpg) > [We have a common enemy. We have this in common: We have a common oppressor, a common exploiter, and a common discriminator.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/we-have-a-common-enemy-we-have-this-in-common-we-have-a-common/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/malcolm-x-213_bases_we-have-a-common-enemy-we-have-this-in-c_3151258.jpg) ## Other authors on Bases ## 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/bases/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "7 Bases Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you have your own bus, then you have dignity. 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