They call me "a teacher, a fomenter of violence." I would say point blank, "That is a lie. I'm not for wanton… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I myself would go for nonviolence if it was consistent, if everybody was going to be nonviolent all the time. I'd say,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his... — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black… — 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
The government is responsible for the violence, as long as they don't stop it. And if we have to get violent to… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Because The Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men enough to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I don't mean go out and get violent; but at the same time you should never be nonviolent unless you run into… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The black people of America have been victims of violence at the hands of the white men for four hundred years, and… — 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