---
title: "2 Rights Struggle Quotes By Malcolm X"
description: "2 Rights Struggle quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Rights Struggle sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/malcolm-x-213_civil-rights_when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-nei_2099447.jpg"
---

> [“When you have an organization that's neither political nor religious and doesn't take part in the civil rights struggle, what can it call itself? It's in a vacuum.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-neither-political-nor-religious/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/malcolm-x-213_civil-rights_when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-nei_2099447.jpg)

> [When you expand the civil-rights struggle to the level of human rights, you can then take the case of the black man in this country before the nations in the UN. You can take it before the General Assembly. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-you-expand-the-civil-rights-struggle-to-the-level-of-human/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/malcolm-x-213_assembly_when-you-expand-the-civil-rights-struggl_3187230.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/rights-struggle/malcolm-x/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Rights Struggle Quotes By Malcolm X",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“When you have an organization that's neither political nor religious and doesn't take part in the civil rights struggle, what can it call itself? It's in a vacuum.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Malcolm X"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-neither-political-nor-religious/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/malcolm-x-213_civil-rights_when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-nei_2099447.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/malcolm-x-213_civil-rights_when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-nei_2099447.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/malcolm-x-213_civil-rights_when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-nei_2099447.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When you have an organization that's neither political nor religious and doesn't take part in the civil…” — Malcolm X",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When you expand the civil-rights struggle to the level of human rights, you can then take the case of the black man in this country before the nations in the UN. You can take it before the General Assembly. You can take Uncle Sam before a world court. But the only level you can do it on is the level of human rights. Civil rights keeps you under his restrictions, under his jurisdiction. Civil rights keeps you in his pocket.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Malcolm X"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-you-expand-the-civil-rights-struggle-to-the-level-of-human/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/malcolm-x-213_assembly_when-you-expand-the-civil-rights-struggl_3187230.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/malcolm-x-213_assembly_when-you-expand-the-civil-rights-struggl_3187230.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/malcolm-x-213_assembly_when-you-expand-the-civil-rights-struggl_3187230.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When you expand the civil-rights struggle to the level of human rights, you can then take the case of the…” — Malcolm X",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-struggle/malcolm-x/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-struggle/malcolm-x/",
            "name": "Rights Struggle Quotes by Malcolm X",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-struggle/malcolm-x/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/malcolm-x-213_civil-rights_when-you-have-an-organization-that-s-nei_2099447.jpg"
            },
            "description": "2 Rights Struggle quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Rights Struggle sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-struggle/malcolm-x/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-struggle/malcolm-x/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Rights Struggle",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-struggle/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Malcolm X",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rights-struggle/malcolm-x/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```