Malcolm X Quotes


"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Peace, Freedom)

"You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Being, Fight, Freedom, Man)

"You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker."
- Malcolm X
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Patriotism, Blind, Reality, Wrong)

"Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Education, World)

"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Equality, Freedom, Justice, Man)

"Nonviolence is fine as long as it works."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Nonviolence)

"Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Power, Defense, Freedom, Oppression, Tyranny)

"Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Power)

"Stumbling is not falling."
- Malcolm X
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Future, Today)

"There is no 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."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Time, Performance, Adversity, Defeat, Heartbreak, Loss)

"Truth is on the side of the oppressed."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Truth)

"My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Life, Books, Curiosity, Reading, Rest)

"The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Government, God, Revolution, Liberals)

"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."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Religion, Time, People, Battle, Fight, Freedom, Hell)

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Man, Nothing, Will)

"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Law, Respect)

"In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Success, Time, Failure, Deeds, Respect, Value)

"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
(Related: American, Man, Solution, Violence)

"I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color."
- Malcolm X
"I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Intelligence, Defense, Self, Violence)

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Truth, Justice)

"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Will)

"If you have no critics you'll likely have no success."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Success)

"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Vocabulary, Word)

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
- Malcolm X
(Related: Education, Future, Today, Tomorrow)