Negroes don't even like snails! What they're doing is proving they're integrated. Malcolm X More Quotes by Malcolm X More Quotes From Malcolm X The separating of a section of America for Afro- Americans is similar to expecting a heaven in the sky somewhere after you die. Malcolm X sky heaven america The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless. Malcolm X kings white men This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating. Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely. Malcolm X gambling winning cheating If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Malcolm X knives progress three I know that societies often have killed people who have helped to change those societies. And if I can die having brought any light, having exposed any meaningful truth that will help destroy the racist cancer that is malignant in the body of America, then, all credit is due to Allah. Only the mistakes have been mine. Malcolm X wisdom mistake meaningful There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blonds to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white. Malcolm X white believe america It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a radical conflict of black against white or as a purely American problem. Rather, we are today seeing a global rebellion of the oppressed against the oppressor, the exploited against the exploiter. Malcolm X black white today If integration will get [black man] that [respect as the human being], all right. If segregation will get him that, all right. If separation will get him that, all right.But after he gets integration and he still doesn't have this dignity and this recognition as a human being, then his problem is still not solved. Malcolm X recognition black men Hence 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 crush compassion people I'm inclined to believe that most Negro leaders, professional Negroes are professional Negroes. Being a Negro is their professional, and being a profe - a leader is their profession. And usually they say exactly what the white man wants - wants to hear them say. Malcolm X white-man men believe Only time [JF] Kennedy made any, took any action to even look like he identified with negroes was when he was forced to. Kennedy didn't even make his speech based on this problem being a moral issue until Negroes exploded in Birmingham. Malcolm X issues speech looks Nonviolence is fine as long as it works. Malcolm X violence work long I don't mean go out and get violent; but at the same time you should never be nonviolent unless you run into some nonviolence. I'm nonviolent with those who are nonviolent with me. But when you drop that violence on me, then you've made me go insane, and I'm not responsible for what I do. Malcolm X insane running mean You are either free or not free Malcolm X It is the attitude of the American white man that is making him stand condemned today before the eyes of the entire dark world and even before the eyes of the Europeans. It is his attitude, his haughty, holier-than-thou attitude. Malcolm X eye dark attitude [Civil right leaders]themselves in their pronouncements will tell you they need white allies, they need white help, they need white this. Malcolm X allies leader white [Negro] should realize that he is living in a war zone, and he is at war with an enemy that is as vicious and criminal and inhuman as any war-making country has ever been. Malcolm X war country enemy Brothers and sisters, friends and enemies: I just can't believe everyone in here is a friend, and I don't want to leave anybody out. Malcolm X sister brother believe 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? Malcolm X land law men America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution. Malcolm X revolution country america