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> [You have, you can only answer it this way: by turning it around. Can the negro - who is the victim of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-have-you-can-only-answer-it-this-way-by-turning-it-around-can-the/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [Well, the white race in America is the same way. As individuals it is impossible for them to escape the collective crime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/well-the-white-race-in-america-is-the-same-way-as-individuals-it-is/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [...the collective white man had acted like a devil in virtually every contact he had with the world's collective non-white man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-collective-white-man-had-acted-like-a-devil-in-virtually-every/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [Whereas the only real solution to the race problem in this country is a solution that involves individual self improvement and collective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/whereas-the-only-real-solution-to-the-race-problem-in-this-country-is/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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## Other authors on Collectives

## 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/)

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