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Malcolm X Quotes

Activist
Born On
1925-05-19
Died On
1965-02-21
Birth Place
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Death Place
Manhattan, New York, United States
Birth Sign
taurus
Father
Earl Little
Mother
Louise Little
Spouse
Betty Shabazz
Nationality
American

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.

Malcolm X

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

Malcolm X

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

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.

Malcolm X

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

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

Malcolm X

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

Malcolm X

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

Malcolm X

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

Malcolm X

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

Malcolm X

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

Malcolm X

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

Malcolm X

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Malcolm X

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

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

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

Malcolm X