Malcolm X Quotes

39 quotes by 30 authors

Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger. — Philip Emeagwali
People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like… — Rodney King
When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive,… — Jonathan Kozol
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now.… — Spike Lee
People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But I've been working… — Spike Lee
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. — Malcolm X
I grew up in the sixties watching B.B. King and Tito Puente and Miles Davis and Coltrane, everybody, Marvin Gaye, Jimi. And at the same… — Carlos Santana
In 1974, when I started working with the material that became 'Horses,' a lot of our great voices had died. We'd lost Jimi Hendrix and… — Patti Smith
Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When… — Malcolm X
I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to… — Bell Hooks
I grew up in the midst of poverty but every black kid that I knew could read and write. We have to talk about the… — Bell Hooks
Tommy moved on. "Lash, your people have been oppressed for hundreds of years. It's time to strike back. Look, you don't have your MBA yet… — Christopher Moore
When white supremacy becomes institutional, it begins to harm the very people who are not simply outside of it because of their race, it begins… — Michael Eric Dyson
If they had not murdered Malcolm X, there probably never would have been a Black Panther Party. — Bobby Seale
David Icke reminded me of Malcolm X. — Alice Walker
In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers. — Ian Mckellen
I' been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings. — Clarence Thomas
God has made me a better man for you than Malcolm X. I'm standing where Malcolm X would have stood if he had the character… — Louis Farrakhan
Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world. Malcolm X quotes — Malcolm X

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