--- title: "18 Given Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "18 Given quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Given sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/malcolm-x-213_born_human-rights-are-something-you-were-born_2817189.jpg" --- > [Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/human-rights-are-something-you-were-born-with-human-rights-are-your/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/malcolm-x-213_born_human-rights-are-something-you-were-born_2817189.jpg) > [Most of those Negroes have been given those jobs by the white political machine, and they serve no other function other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/most-of-those-negroes-have-been-given-those-jobs-by-the-white/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/malcolm-x-213_dressings_most-of-those-negroes-have-been-given-th_2391038.jpg) > [What Martin Luther King is doing is disarming the black people of America of their God-given right and of their natural right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/what-martin-luther-king-is-doing-is-disarming-the-black-people-of/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/malcolm-x-213_america_what-martin-luther-king-is-doing-is-disa_1900081.jpg) > [Martin Luther King has taken away from the Negro his Gov-given right to defend himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/martin-luther-king-has-taken-away-from-the-negro-his-gov-given-right/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/malcolm-x-213_given_martin-luther-king-has-taken-away-from-t_1642160.jpg) > [Only in this form of separation the black man is exploited. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that we should be separate, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/only-in-this-form-of-separation-the-black-man-is-exploited-the/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/malcolm-x-213_black_only-in-this-form-of-separation-the-blac_1252596.jpg) > [The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that we should be separate, all right, but in this separate state or separate existence, the black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-honorable-elijah-muhammad-says-that-we-should-be-separate-all/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/malcolm-x-213_black_the-honorable-elijah-muhammad-says-that_2084389.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) > [We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/we-declare-our-right-on-this-earth-to-be-a-human-being-to-be/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/malcolm-x-213_declare_we-declare-our-right-on-this-earth-to-be_761123.jpg) > [ The number one thing that has to be done, \[black men\] has to be retaught, be given - he has to be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-number-one-thing-that-has-to-be-done-black-men-has-to-be-retaught/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/malcolm-x-213_black_the-number-one-thing-that-has-to-be-done_2005914.jpg) > [I don't know - too much about Robert Williams tactics, but if he was trying to defend himself, he was within his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-don-t-know-too-much-about-robert-williams-tactics-but-if-he-was/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/malcolm-x-213_firsts_i-don-t-know-too-much-about-robert-willi_2034164.jpg) > [Just as the white man and every other person on this earth has God-given rights, natural rights, civil rights, any kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/just-as-the-white-man-and-every-other-person-on-this-earth-has-god/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/malcolm-x-213_black_just-as-the-white-man-and-every-other-pe_709029.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) > [This is a God-given right of any man.Anytime you have a man who is getting lynched, and what are his people supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/this-is-a-god-given-right-of-any-man-anytime-you-have-a-man-who-is/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/malcolm-x-213_body_this-is-a-god-given-right-of-any-man-any_2279680.jpg) > [At the bottom of the social heap is the black man in the big-city ghetto. He lives night and day with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/at-the-bottom-of-the-social-heap-is-the-black-man-in-the-big-city/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/malcolm-x-213_alcohol_at-the-bottom-of-the-social-heap-is-the_1126417.jpg) > [If the various groups in America had been less selfish and had permitted different representatives from the groups to travel into foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/if-the-various-groups-in-america-had-been-less-selfish-and-had/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/malcolm-x-213_america_if-the-various-groups-in-america-had-bee_500892.jpg) > [The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-common-goal-of-22-million-afro-americans-is-respect-as-human/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-common-goal-of-22-million-afro-ameri_465502.jpg) > [Any negro who occupies a position that was given to him by the white man, if you analyze his function, his function…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/malcolm-x-213_firm_any-negro-who-occupies-a-position-that-w_31187.jpg) > [The Messenger has seen God. He was with Allah and was given divine patience with the devil. He is willing to wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-messenger-has-seen-god-he-was-with-allah-and-was-given-divine/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/malcolm-x-213_action_the-messenger-has-seen-god-he-was-with-a_940258.jpg) ## Other authors on Given ## 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/given/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "18 Given Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Human rights are something you were born with. 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