--- title: "5 Educated Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "5 Educated quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Educated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/malcolm-x-213_black_the-economic-philosophy-of-black-nationa_456427.jpg" --- > [The economic philosophy of black nationalism only means that our people need to be re-educated into the importance of controlling the economy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-economic-philosophy-of-black-nationalism-only-means-that-our/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/malcolm-x-213_black_the-economic-philosophy-of-black-nationa_456427.jpg) > [ Now, the black man here was so-called free by \[Abe\] Lincoln 100 years ago. The black man in America has an -… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/now-the-black-man-here-was-so-called-free-by-abe-lincoln-100-years/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/malcolm-x-213_abe_now-the-black-man-here-was-so-called-fre_907495.jpg) > [I do not pretend to be a divine man, but I do believe in divine guidance, divine power, and in the fulfillment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-do-not-pretend-to-be-a-divine-man-but-i-do-believe-in-divine/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/malcolm-x-213_believe_i-do-not-pretend-to-be-a-divine-man-but_1943968.jpg) > [Today's Uncle Tom doesn't wear a handkerchief on his head. This modern, twentieth-century Uncle Thomas now often wears a top hat. He's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/today-s-uncle-tom-doesn-t-wear-a-handkerchief-on-his-head-this-modern/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/malcolm-x-213_accents_today-s-uncle-tom-doesn-t-wear-a-handker_2449904.jpg) > [Education is our passport to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/education-is-our-passport-to-the-future/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/malcolm-x-213_aim-of-education_education-is-our-passport-to-the-future_3055816.jpg) ## Other authors on Educated ## 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/educated/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "5 Educated Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The economic philosophy of black nationalism only means that our people need to be re-educated into the importance of controlling the economy of the community in which we live, which means that we won't have to constantly be involved in picketing and boycotting other people in other communities in order to get jobs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-economic-philosophy-of-black-nationalism-only-means-that-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/malcolm-x-213_black_the-economic-philosophy-of-black-nationa_456427.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/malcolm-x-213_black_the-economic-philosophy-of-black-nationa_456427.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/malcolm-x-213_black_the-economic-philosophy-of-black-nationa_456427.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The economic philosophy of black nationalism only means that our people need to be re-educated into the…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now, the black man here was so-called free by [Abe] Lincoln 100 years ago. 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