--- title: "4 Brainwashed Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "4 Brainwashed quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Brainwashed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/malcolm-x-213_brainwashed_the-american-negro-has-been-entirely-bra_922468.jpg" --- > [The American Negro has been entirely brainwashed from ever seeing or thinking of himself, as he should, as a part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-american-negro-has-been-entirely-brainwashed-from-ever-seeing-or/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/malcolm-x-213_brainwashed_the-american-negro-has-been-entirely-bra_922468.jpg) > [You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-have-to-be-very-careful-introducing-the-truth-to-the-black-man/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/malcolm-x-213_advancing_you-have-to-be-very-careful-introducing_1742403.jpg) > [ The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says number one, \[Negro\] must know - have a knowledge of himself. And this gives him confidence in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-honorable-elijah-muhammad-says-number-one-negro-must-know-have-a/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/malcolm-x-213_america_the-honorable-elijah-muhammad-says-numbe_1919417.jpg) > [Betty's a good Muslim woman and wife. I don't imagine many other women might put up with the way I am. Awakening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/betty-s-a-good-muslim-woman-and-wife-i-don-t-imagine-many-other-women/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/malcolm-x-213_arrogant_betty-s-a-good-muslim-woman-and-wife-i-d_2330432.jpg) ## Other authors on Brainwashed ## 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/brainwashed/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "4 Brainwashed Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The American Negro has been entirely brainwashed from ever seeing or thinking of himself, as he should, as a part of the non-white peoples of the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-american-negro-has-been-entirely-brainwashed-from-ever-seeing-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/malcolm-x-213_brainwashed_the-american-negro-has-been-entirely-bra_922468.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/malcolm-x-213_brainwashed_the-american-negro-has-been-entirely-bra_922468.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/malcolm-x-213_brainwashed_the-american-negro-has-been-entirely-bra_922468.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The American Negro has been entirely brainwashed from ever seeing or thinking of himself, as he should, as a…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself. 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