--- title: "9 Intelligent Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "9 Intelligent quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Intelligent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/malcolm-x-213_intelligent_most-of-these-other-negro-leaders-who-ar_46572.jpg" --- > [ Most of these other negro leaders who are supposedly integrationists aren't that intelligent \[like Reverend Galamison\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/most-of-these-other-negro-leaders-who-are-supposedly-integrationists/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/malcolm-x-213_intelligent_most-of-these-other-negro-leaders-who-ar_46572.jpg) > [It's hard for anyone intelligent to be nonviolent. Everything in the universe does something when you start playing with his life, except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/it-s-hard-for-anyone-intelligent-to-be-nonviolent-everything-in-the/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/malcolm-x-213_american_it-s-hard-for-anyone-intelligent-to-be-n_2308575.jpg) > [The zionist argument to justify Israel's present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-zionist-argument-to-justify-israel-s-present-occupation-of-arab/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/malcolm-x-213_argument_the-zionist-argument-to-justify-israel-s_2816266.jpg) > [There is nothing in our book, the Koran, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/there-is-nothing-in-our-book-the-koran-that-teaches-us-to-suffer/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/malcolm-x-213_book_there-is-nothing-in-our-book-the-koran-t_362224.jpg) > [At the same time Reverend Galamison policy is intelligent enough where he can't be used to attack me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/at-the-same-time-reverend-galamison-policy-is-intelligent-enough/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/malcolm-x-213_enough_at-the-same-time-reverend-galamison-poli_2366725.jpg) > [Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/despite-my-firm-convictions-i-have-always-been-a-man-who-tries-to/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/malcolm-x-213_accepting_despite-my-firm-convictions-i-have-alway_1290472.jpg) > [The white man is too intelligent to let someone else come and gain control of the economy of his community. But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-white-man-is-too-intelligent-to-let-someone-else-come-and-gain/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/malcolm-x-213_black-nationalism_the-white-man-is-too-intelligent-to-let_2577952.jpg) > [I think as an intelligent person you would agree that when you are teaching among oppressed people that they should be relieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-think-as-an-intelligent-person-you-would-agree-that-when-you-are/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/malcolm-x-213_agree_i-think-as-an-intelligent-person-you-wou_466577.jpg) > [One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and listen for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/one-of-the-first-things-i-think-young-people-especially-nowadays-2/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/malcolm-x-213_decision_one-of-the-first-things-i-think-young-pe_834218.jpg) ## Other authors on Intelligent ## 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/intelligent/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "9 Intelligent Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most of these other negro leaders who are supposedly integrationists aren't that intelligent [like Reverend Galamison].", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/most-of-these-other-negro-leaders-who-are-supposedly-integrationists/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/malcolm-x-213_intelligent_most-of-these-other-negro-leaders-who-ar_46572.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/malcolm-x-213_intelligent_most-of-these-other-negro-leaders-who-ar_46572.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/malcolm-x-213_intelligent_most-of-these-other-negro-leaders-who-ar_46572.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most of these other negro leaders who are supposedly integrationists aren't that intelligent [like Reverend…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's hard for anyone intelligent to be nonviolent. 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