Politics Quotes by Malcolm X

Western interests: imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, racism, and other negative -isms.

— Malcolm X

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.

— Malcolm X

[JF] Kennedy was a deceitful man. He was a cold-blooded politician whose purpose was to get elected.

— Malcolm X

The Government is responsible for what is happening to black people in America.

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I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes.

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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!

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To me, political action involves making the politician who represents us know that he either produces or he is out, and he's…

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The man was a deceiver. He was deceitful and I will never bite my tongue in saying that. I don't think he…

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If the government can't get the black man justice, then it's time for the black man to get some justice for himself.

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Whenever any group can vote in a bloc, and decide the outcome of elections, and it fails to do this, then that…

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If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever…

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The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community;…

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If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are…

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“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or…

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“And concerning anything in this society involved in helping Negroes, the federal government shows an inability to function. But it can function…

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Instead of working for white man and helping him hold up a government that continues to suppress us socially and, and exploit…

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Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history…

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Well, my contention is that the political system of this country is so designed criminally to prevent this, that if the black…

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The government is responsible for the violence, as long as they don't stop it. And if we have to get violent to…

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I think that the black people in this country have the reached the point where they should reserve the right to do…

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In my opinion, mature political action is the type of action that that involves a program of re-education and information that will…

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Any time you find the government involved in a conspiracy to violate the citizenship or the civil rights of a people, then…

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The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares…

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In Harlem, for instance, all of the stores are owned by white people, all of the buildings are owned by white people.…

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We must control the politics and the politicians of our community. They must no longer take orders from outside forces. We will…

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When someone sticks a knife six inches into your back, and then pulls it out two inches and claims he's doing you…

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We assert that in those areas where the government is either unable or unwilling to protect the lives and property of our…

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It is only the Negro leadership, the bourgeois, hand-picked, handful of Negroes who think that they're going to get some kind of…

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I'm a field Negro. The masses are the field Negroes. When they see this man's house on fire, you don't hear these…

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“When you have an organization that's neither political nor religious and doesn't take part in the civil rights struggle, what can it…

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Because once the black man becomes the political master of his own community, it means that the politicians of that community will…

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The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength -…

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If this government can send 20 billion dollars to Latin America to some peasants who have never fought for this country or…

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During the whole month that negroes were being beaten by police and washed down the sewer with water hoses, Kennedy and -…

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I looked on the television the other night and saw them beating a Negro unmercifully in Mississippi. And this is the result…

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The black man in North America was sickest of all politically. He let the white man divide him into such foolishness as…

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Our accent will be upon youth: we need new ideas, new methods, new approaches. We will call upon young students of political…

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Any time the negro becomes involved in mature political action, then the resistance of the politicians who benefit from the exploited political…

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... I must say this concerning the great controversy over rifles and shotguns. The only thing I've ever said is that in…

— Malcolm X