I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you. Malcolm X More Quotes by Malcolm X More Quotes From Malcolm X In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. Malcolm X failure deeds success The only possible way out for the white man is to give us Negroes some land of our own; let us get out, get away from his wicked reign and go for ourselves. Malcolm X white-man land men Be nonviolent only with those who are nonviolent to you. And when you can bring me a nonviolent racist, bring me a nonviolent segregationist, then I'll get nonviolent. But don't teach me to be nonviolent until you teach some of those crackers to be nonviolent. Malcolm X crackers teach racist The government is responsible for the violence, as long as they don't stop it. And if we have to get violent to protect ourselves, then it's the government that should be charged with the crime, because we're only upholding a law that they've been unable to uphold. Malcolm X government law long All over this world people are standing up for freedom. Malcolm X this-world people world You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. Malcolm X hate racism roots When the Muslims deliver the indictment of the American system, it is not the white man per se that is being doomed. Malcolm X doomed white-man men Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it. Malcolm X patriotism truth doe I am a Muslim, because it's a religion that teaches you an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. It teaches you to respect everybody, and treat everybody right. But it also teaches you if someone steps on your toe, chop off their foot. And I carry my religious axe with me all the time. Malcolm X eye religious feet Education is our passport to the future. Malcolm X first-day-of-school educator education What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise. Malcolm X disguise democrat The junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition. Malcolm X junkie conditions cures Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle. Malcolm X weapons struggle culture You can't hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself. Malcolm X hate-you hate ends The black nation of Egypt is the only country that has a science named after its culture: Egyptology Malcolm X egypt black country Its the hinge that squeaks that gets the grease Malcolm X hinges grease Revolution is always based on land. Revolution is never based on begging somebody for an integrated cup of coffee. Malcolm X cups coffee land You have, you can only answer it this way: by turning it around. Can the negro - who is the victim of the system - escape the collective stigma that is placed upon all Negroes in this country? Malcolm X answers country way A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom. Malcolm X freedom men believe The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia is existing in the hearts and minds of 20 million black people in this country who have been just as thoroughly colonized as the people in Africa and Asia. Malcolm X dark heart country
