Malcolm X Quotes
African American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. — From Malcolm X Speaks.
— Malcolm X
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.
— Malcolm X
America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. — From a letter Malcolm X wrote to his wife and, concurrently, Muslim Mosque, Inc., toward the end of his pilgrimage to Mecca;
— Malcolm X
I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language.
— Malcolm X
You trust them (white Americans), and I don't. You studied what he wanted you to learn about him in schools. I studied him in the streets and in prison, where you see the truth.
— Malcolm X
We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us.
— Malcolm X
The young whites, and blacks, too, are the only hope that America has, the rest of us have always been living in a lie.
— Malcolm X
Yes, I'm an extremist. The black race here in North America is in extremely bad condition. You show me a black man who isn't an extremist and I'll show you one who needs psychiatric attention! — Cited in The Autobiography.
— Malcolm X
The only true world solution today is governments guided by true religion — of the spirit.
— Malcolm X
You can't drive a knife into a man's back nine inches, pull it out six inches, and call it progress.
— Malcolm X
