--- title: "7 Cheeks Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "7 Cheeks quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Cheeks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/malcolm-x-213_be-kind_those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-goin_21345.jpg" --- > [Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving and…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/malcolm-x-213_be-kind_those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-goin_21345.jpg) > [The Negro fought and bled and died in every war the white man waged, and he still won't give you justice. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-negro-fought-and-bled-and-died-in-every-war-the-white-man-waged/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/malcolm-x-213_baby_the-negro-fought-and-bled-and-died-in-ev_169034.jpg) > [I don't trust any white man who teaches Negroes to turn the other cheek or to be nonviolent, which means to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-don-t-trust-any-white-man-who-teaches-negroes-to-turn-the-other/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/malcolm-x-213_brutal_i-don-t-trust-any-white-man-who-teaches_235297.jpg) > [Nobody should teach the black man in America to turn the other cheek, unless someone is teaching the white man in America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/nobody-should-teach-the-black-man-in-america-to-turn-the-other-cheek/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/malcolm-x-213_america_nobody-should-teach-the-black-man-in-ame_847592.jpg) > [I think that any black man who teaches black people to turn the other cheek and suffer peacefully after they've been turning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-think-that-any-black-man-who-teaches-black-people-to-turn-the-other/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/malcolm-x-213_black_i-think-that-any-black-man-who-teaches-b_2053490.jpg) > [Anytime you tell a man to turn the other cheek or to be nonviolent in the face of a violent enemy, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/anytime-you-tell-a-man-to-turn-the-other-cheek-or-to-be-nonviolent-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/malcolm-x-213_cheeks_anytime-you-tell-a-man-to-turn-the-other_2238070.jpg) > [The black people of America have been victims of violence at the hands of the white men for four hundred years, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-black-people-of-america-have-been-victims-of-violence-at-the/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/malcolm-x-213_america_the-black-people-of-america-have-been-vi_3017975.jpg) ## Other authors on Cheeks ## 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/cheeks/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "7 Cheeks Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving and be kind and be patient and be nonviolent and turn the other cheek.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-going-to-jail-with-negroes-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/malcolm-x-213_be-kind_those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-goin_21345.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/malcolm-x-213_be-kind_those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-goin_21345.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/malcolm-x-213_be-kind_those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-goin_21345.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Negro fought and bled and died in every war the white man waged, and he still won't give you justice. 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