Malcolm X Quotes

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone;
but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

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

Education is the passport to the future,
for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

I am for violence if non-violence means
we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem
just to avoid violence.

I believe in human beings,
and that all human beings should be respected as such,
regardless of their color.

Nobody can give you freedom.
Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything.
If you're a man, you take it.

I believe in a religion that believes in freedom.
Any time I have to accept a religion that won't
let me fight a battle for my people,
I say to hell with that religion.

Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner,
unless you eat some of what's on that plate.
Being here in America doesn't make you an American.
Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.

Time is on the side of the oppressed today,
it's against the oppressor.
Truth is on the side of the oppressed today,
it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense;
I call it intelligence.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything.
They just cry over their condition.
But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

You can't separate peace from freedom
because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

My Alma mater was books, a good library...
I could spend the rest of my life reading,
just satisfying my curiosity.

There is nothing better than adversity.
Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss,
contains its own seed,
its own lesson on
how to improve your performance the next time.

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