--- title: "9 Negro Leaders Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "9 Negro Leaders quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Negro Leaders sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/malcolm-x-213_complexes_most-of-the-or-i-should-say-many-of-the_2312112.jpg" --- > [Most of the, or I should say many of the negro leaders actually suffer themselves from an inferiority complex even though they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/most-of-the-or-i-should-say-many-of-the-negro-leaders-actually-suffer/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/malcolm-x-213_complexes_most-of-the-or-i-should-say-many-of-the_2312112.jpg) > [ \[ Negro leaders\] never let the white man know exactly what black people are thinking. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/negro-leaders-never-let-the-white-man-know-exactly-what-black-people/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/malcolm-x-213_black_negro-leaders-never-let-the-white-man-kn_2888751.jpg) > [ Most of the negro leaders who get the support of the power structure end up being against \[Reverend\] Galamison. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/most-of-the-negro-leaders-who-get-the-support-of-the-power-structure/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/malcolm-x-213_ends_most-of-the-negro-leaders-who-get-the-su_2267788.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) > [In this country, these Negro leaders have Negroes sittin' - sitting down, thinking that that - there's dignity towards sitting in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/in-this-country-these-negro-leaders-have-negroes-sittin-sitting-down/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/malcolm-x-213_country_in-this-country-these-negro-leaders-have_1078977.jpg) > [I'm inclined to believe that most Negro leaders, professional Negroes are professional Negroes. Being a Negro is their professional, and being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-m-inclined-to-believe-that-most-negro-leaders-professional-negroes/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/malcolm-x-213_believe_i-m-inclined-to-believe-that-most-negro_2493690.jpg) > [Instead of the Negro leaders having the black man begging for a chance to - to dine in white restaurants, the Negro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/instead-of-the-negro-leaders-having-the-black-man-begging-for-a/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/malcolm-x-213_begging_instead-of-the-negro-leaders-having-the_1548178.jpg) > [ Most of \[ the Negro leaders\] who - who, whose existence or whose position of leadership depends upon the - on the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/most-of-the-negro-leaders-who-who-whose-existence-or-whose-position/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/malcolm-x-213_behinds_most-of-the-negro-leaders-who-who-whose_1417700.jpg) > [When you mentioned something about self improvement, the implication is that the negro is something distinct or different, and, therefore, needs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-you-mentioned-something-about-self-improvement-the-implication/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/malcolm-x-213_different_when-you-mentioned-something-about-self_2564448.jpg) ## 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/negro-leaders/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "9 Negro Leaders Quotes By Malcolm X", 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