Quotes By Malcolm X

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

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

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

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

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.

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

You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.

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

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Stumbling is not falling.

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

Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

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

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

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

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

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

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

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

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

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.

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

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.