I mean a real police state just to get a token recognition of a law. It take, it took, I think, 15,000… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I don't trust any white man who teaches Negroes to turn the other cheek or to be nonviolent, which means to be… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Not a physical migration, but a cultural, psychological, philosophical migration back to Africa, which means the restoring our common bond will give… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The economic philosophy of black nationalism only means that our people need to be re-educated into the importance of controlling the economy… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Daring to reach, to climb, to crawl, to scratch, to get back up when you've been knocked down, to push forward -… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The day that the black man takes an uncompromising step and realizes that he's within his rights, when his own freedom is… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
When I was in prison, I read an article - don't be shocked when I say I was in prison. You're still… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We assert that in those areas where the government is either unable or unwilling to protect the lives and property of our… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We reject segregation even more militantly than you say you do! We want separation, which is not the same! The Honorable Elijah… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I don't favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
When you hear me say "by any means necessary," I mean exactly that. I believe in anything that is necessary to correct… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Because once the black man becomes the political master of his own community, it means that the politicians of that community will… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Anytime you live in a society supposedly based upon law and it doesn't enforce its own laws because the color of a… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
And just because you have colleges and universities doesn't mean you have education. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We're primarily interested in solving the problem of 20 million black people. And if integration is going to solve the problem tomorrow,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
That morning was when I first began to reappraise the 'white man.' It was when I first began to perceive that 'white… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights. It is the means to help our children and thereby increase… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I think that the black people in this country have the reached the point where they should reserve the right to do… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Racism is a human problem and a crime that is absolutely so ghastly that a person who is fighting racism is well… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If Christianity had asserted itself in Germany, six million Jews would have lived. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Be nonviolent only with those who are nonviolent to you. And when you can bring me a nonviolent racist, bring me a nonviolent segregationist,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving and be kind… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We Muslims believe that the white race, which is guilty of having oppressed and exploited and enslaved our people here in America, should and… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Any negro who occupies a position that was given to him by the white man, if you analyze his function, his function never enables… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image