I believe that a psychological, cultural, and philosophical migration back to Africa will solve our problem. Malcolm X More Quotes by Malcolm X More Quotes From Malcolm X Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you're in bad shape. Malcolm X rely-upon jobs enemy Why can't the black man have a God? What's so wrong when a black man says his God will protect him form his white foe? If Jehovah can slay Philistines for the Jews, why can't Allah slay crackers for the so-called Negro? Malcolm X black white men And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat or a Republican, nor an American. I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy. You and I have never seen democracy - all we've seen is hypocrisy. When we open our eyes today and look around America, we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism. We see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare. Malcolm X eye dream america I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca. Malcolm X mecca cities blessed I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. Malcolm X criminal-mind truth matter In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that. Malcolm X example men facts Revolutions are never peaceful. Malcolm X peaceful revolution These Negroes who go for integration and intermarriage are linking up with the very people who lynched their fathers, raped their mothers, and put their kid sisters in the kitchen to scrub floors. Malcolm X mother father kids Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters. Malcolm X hunters men needs The law of nature gives a man the right to defend himself when he's attacked. And God's law itself gives a man the right to defend himself when he's attacked.so, peaceful suffering and passive resistance and all of that stuff is all right maybe in India somewhere, where the people in India outnumber the whites - about a million to one.But here in America, when you tell that's like an elephant sitting down on a - on a mouse in India with [Mahatma] Gandhi. Malcolm X passive-resistance law men Respect me, or put me to death. Malcolm X respect-me It is not a case of our people...wanting either separation or integration. The use of these words actually clouds the real picture. The 22 million Afro-Americans don't seek either separation or integration. They seek recognition and respect as human beings. Malcolm X real clouds people When the thing is finally sparked, the white man is not there - he's gone. The merchant is not there, the landlord is not there, the one they consider to be the enemy isn't there. So, they knock at his property. This is what makes them knock down the store windows and set fire to things, and things of that sort. Malcolm X wisdom fire men Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary. Malcolm X justice inspiring mean Where the really sincere white people have got to do their 'proving' of themselves is not among the black victims, but out on the battle lines of where America's racism really is - and that's in their own home communities. Malcolm X white home america Whether we are Christians or Muslims or nationalists or agnostics or atheists, we must first learn to forget our differences. If we have differences, let us differ in the closet; when we come out in front, let us not have anything to argue about until we get finished arguing with the man. If the late President Kennedy could get together with Khrushchev and exchange some wheat, we certainly have more in common with each other than Kennedy and Khrushchev had with each other. Malcolm X atheist christian men I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action. Malcolm X thorough-understanding believe people To me, political action involves making the politician who represents us know that he either produces or he is out, and he's out one way or another. Malcolm X political action way To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace Malcolm X disgrace criminals crime Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you're both engaged in the same business - you know they're doing something that you aren't. Malcolm X business successful knows
