--- title: "9 Destroyed Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "9 Destroyed quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Destroyed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/malcolm-x-213_destroyed_the-white-man-is-by-nature-a-devil-and-m_2727306.jpg" --- > [The white man is by nature a devil and must be destroyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-white-man-is-by-nature-a-devil-and-must-be-destroyed/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/malcolm-x-213_destroyed_the-white-man-is-by-nature-a-devil-and-m_2727306.jpg) > [“Even Samson, the world's strongest man, was destroyed by the woman who slept in his arms. she was the one whose words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/even-samson-the-world-s-strongest-man-was-destroyed-by-the-woman-who/) [malcolm x](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/malcolm-x-213_malcolm-x_even-samson-the-world-s-strongest-man-wa_1631720.jpg) > [Like Samson, I am ready to pull down the white man's temple, knowing full well that I will be destroyed by the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/malcolm-x-213_destroyed_like-samson-i-am-ready-to-pull-down-the_30710.jpg) > [In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/in-the-bible-god-offered-the-pharaoh-freedom-if-he-would-just-let-the/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/malcolm-x-213_abraham_in-the-bible-god-offered-the-pharaoh-fre_2887639.jpg) > [Any time you put too many sparks around a powder keg, the thing is going to explode, and if the things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/any-time-you-put-too-many-sparks-around-a-powder-keg-the-thing-is/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/malcolm-x-213_destroyed_any-time-you-put-too-many-sparks-around_1641063.jpg) > [The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-real-names-of-our-people-were-destroyed-during-slavery-the-last/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/malcolm-x-213_acknowledge_the-real-names-of-our-people-were-destro_947721.jpg) > [History rewards all research. And history fails to record one single instance in which the white man - as a people -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/history-rewards-all-research-and-history-fails-to-record-one-single/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/malcolm-x-213_destroyed_history-rewards-all-research-and-history_537845.jpg) > [... Any county's moral strength, or its moral weakness, is quickly measurable by the street attire and attitude of its women -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/any-county-s-moral-strength-or-its-moral-weakness-is-quickly/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/malcolm-x-213_attire_any-county-s-moral-strength-or-its-moral_429709.jpg) > [After Hitler was destroyed, there was the threat of Stalin, but it was always the world pressure that was upon America that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/after-hitler-was-destroyed-there-was-the-threat-of-stalin-but-it-was/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/malcolm-x-213_america_after-hitler-was-destroyed-there-was-the_505501.jpg) ## Other authors on Destroyed ## 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/destroyed/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "9 Destroyed Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 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