Malcolm X Quotes

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• Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives. As long as we agree on objectives, we should never fall out…
• We black men have a hard enough time in our own struggle for justice, and already have enough enemies as it is, to make the…
• There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.... We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first…
• The white man knows what a revolution is. He knows that the Black Revolution is worldwide in scope and in nature. The Black Revolution is…
• The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia is existing in…
• It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a radical conflict of black against white or as a purely American problem.…
• One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to the growth of…
• Twenty-two million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America.
• A ballot is like a bullet. You don't throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not in reach, keep…
• We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us…
• A new world order is in the making, and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take our rightful place in…
• The zionist argument to justify Israel's present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history.
• They don't stand for anything different in South Africa than America stands for. The only difference is over there they preach as well as practice…
• I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have…
• It is not a case of our people...wanting either separation or integration. The use of these words actually clouds the real picture. The 22 million…
• I am and always will be a Muslim. My religion is Islam.
• For 12 long years I lived within the narrow-minded confines of the 'straightjacket world' created by my strong belief that Elijah Muhammad was a messenger…
• I had blind faith in him. My faith in Elijah Muhammad was more blind and more uncompromising than any faith that any man has ever…
• I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It…
• In my recent travels into African countries and others, I was impressed by the importance of having a working unity among all peoples, black as…

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