Malcolm X Quotes

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
-Malcolm X

"Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power."
-Malcolm X in Power quotes.

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

"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."
-Malcolm X in Americans quotes.

"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."
-Malcolm X in Positivity quotes.

"We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary."
-Malcolm X in Civil rights quotes.

"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."
-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 Patriotism quotes.

"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 in Anger quotes.

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

"You can always chase a dream but it will not count if you never catch it."
-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 in Patriotism quotes.

"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."
-Malcolm X in Media quotes.

"I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight."
-Malcolm X