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Malcolm X Quotes - Page 19

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There was no racism; there was no problem [in Mecca].

There was no racism; there was no problem [in Mecca].

Racism, Mecca, Problem

Source: nyx.uky.edu

The black man in America's position is parallel with that of the Jews, especially when the Jews were in bondage under Pharaoh. And at no time did Moses in the Bible ever try and integrate the Hebrews into the Egyptian society or accept any hypocritical offers made by the slave master of that day.

Men, America, Black

I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation.

Believe, Racist, Discrimination

Malcolm X (1992). “February 1965: the final speeches”, Pathfinder Pr

If the white man can come here uneducated and as an immigrant, and within 10 or 15 years set up an industry that provides job opportunities and educational opportunities for black people, then if the black man, the black leadership, who has access to all of this money and has all of these degrees today, can't use his talent and his know-how to set up business opportunities, job opportunities, housing opportunities for the black people the same as the white leaders have done for white people, then these black leaders need to get off the boat.

Jobs, Educational, Opportunity

I'm a field Negro. The masses are the field Negroes. When they see this man's house on fire, you don't hear these little Negroes talking about 'our government is in trouble'. They say, 'The government is in trouble.'

Powerful, Men, Fire

Why should [Uncle Sam] send 20 billion dollars down there [South America], which is going to go down the drain every time you have a racial in - incident in this country?

Country, Uncles, America

We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what they teach. We urge that the preachers teach the truth, to teach our people the one important guiding rule of conduct - unity of purpose.

Truth, People, Unity

The white man is a devil. If he is not a devil, let him prove it!

Men, White Man, Devil

Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community; no more.

Philosophy, Mean, Men

"The Ballot or The Bullet (Cleveland Version)". Malcolm X's speech at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (April 3, 1964) as quoted in "Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements" edited by George Breitman (pp. 23-44), 1965.

By explaining the difference between segregation and separation. Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals. If I have children and they live in my house, I care for them, they're dependent upon me. And their dependence upon me puts me in a position to regulate their lives, control their lives, tell them where to go, where they can't go. That's a form of segregation.

Children, Two, Differences

Among Negroes we have Negroes who are as white as some white people. Still there's a difference.

White, Differences, People

Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

This is a God-given right of any man.Anytime you have a man who is getting lynched, and what are his people supposed to do? Sit around and forgive the lyncher or wait on the United States government to go in and get the lyncher, like the United States government did in the case of, of Charles Mack Parker, and the FBI found who were the guilty lynchers, and right to this day, the FBI, the highest law enforcement body in the land, has yet to bring the lynchers of Mack Parker to justice?

Men, Law, Land

[At a young age] I had learned enough about women to know not to pressure them when they're thinking something out; they'll tell you when they're ready.

Thinking, Age, Pressure

Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.74, Ballantine Books

Like Samson, I am ready to pull down the white man's temple, knowing full well that I will be destroyed by the falling rubble.

Fall, Men, White Man

Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

I have rarely talked to anyone about my mother, for I believe that I am capable of killing a person, without hesitation, who happened to make the wrong kind of remark about my mother. So I purposely don't make any opening for some fool to step into.

Mother, Believe, Fool

Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.31, Ballantine Books

Look at yourselves. Some of you teenagers, students. How do you think I feel and I belong to a generation ahead of you - how do you think I feel to have to tell you, 'We, my generation, sat around like a knot on a wall while the whole world was fighting for its hum an rights - and you've got to be born into a society where you still have that same fight.' What did we do, who preceded you ? I'll tell you what we did. Nothing. And don't you make the same mistake we made.

Wall, Mistake, Teenager

What you did to one, you did to all. So they couldn't have that type of religion being taught in the prison.

Taught, Prison, Type

Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

Eleanor Roosevelt could easily have told negroes the deceitful maneuvering of the United States government that was going on behind the scenes. She never did it. In my opinion she was just another white woman whose profession was to make it appear that she was on the negro's side. You have a lot of whites who are in this category. Therefore, they have made negro loving a profession.

White, Government, Behind The Scenes

Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

The thing that has made the so-called Negro in America fail, more than any other thing, is your, my, lack of knowledge concerning history. We know less about history than anything else.

America, Failing, Made

Malcolm X, Benjamin Karim (1971). “The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches”, p.26, Arcade Publishing

What Martin Luther King is doing is disarming the black people of America of their God-given right and of their natural right.

Kings, America, People

The white race is doomed not because it's white but because of its misdeeds.

Race, White, Deeds

Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

A revolution is bloody, but America is in a unique position. She's the only country in history in a position actually to become involved in a bloodless revolution. The Russian revolution was bloody, Chinese revolution was bloody, French revolution was bloody, Cuban revolution was bloody, and there was nothing more bloody then the American Revolution. But today this country can become involved in a revolution that won't take bloodshed. All she's got to do is give the black man in this country everything that's due him, everything.

Country, Men, Unique

"The Ballot or The Bullet (Detroit Version)". Malcolm X's speech at a meeting sponsored by the Congress for Racial Equality in Detroit, Michigan, April 12, 1964.

If you are not willing to pay the price for freedom, you don't deserve freedom.

Pay The Price, Willing, Ifs

Any way, any form necessary to defend himself; Negro should reserve the right to do that just the same as others have the right to do it.

Way, Form, Should

Source: nyx.uky.edu

It isn't the American white man who is a racist, but it's the American political, economic and social atmosphere that automatically nourishes a racist psychology in the white man.

Men, White Man, People

Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.378, Ballantine Books

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