When a man understands who he is, who God is, who the devil is... then he can pick himself up out of the gutter; he can clean himself up and stand up like a man should before his God. Malcolm X More Quotes by Malcolm X More Quotes From Malcolm X The Chinese in this country aren't asking for integration. Malcolm X chineseaskingcountry This religion (Islam) recognizes all men as brothers. It accepts all human beings as equals before God, and as equal members in the Human Family of Mankind. Malcolm X brothermenreligion I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression. Malcolm X oppressionbelievepeople Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future. Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle. We must take hold of it and forge the future with the past. Malcolm X struggleculturepast No religion will ever make me forget the condition of our people in this country...No God, no religion, no nothing will make me forget it until it stops, until it's elimitnated. I want to make that point clear. Malcolm X wantcountrypeople Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world. Malcolm X educationmorningworld Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past. Therefore we need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Once we have more knowledge (light) about each other, we will stop condemning each other and a United front will be brought about. Malcolm X ignorancelifepast When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a man saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath he is going to tell you what he won't do to get it, or what he doesn't believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn't believe in freedom. A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire... or preserve his freedom. Malcolm X freedommenbelieve You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being. Malcolm X freedomintelligentfighting An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, ‘What’s your alma mater?’ I told him, ‘Books. Malcolm X alma-materasking-questionsbook I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. My older brothers and sister had started to school when, sometimes, they would come in and ask for a buttered biscuit or something and my mother, impatiently, would tell them no. But I would cry out and make a fuss until I got what I wanted. I remember well how my mother asked me why I couldn't be a nice boy like Wilfred; but I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being so nice and quiet, often stayed hungry. So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise. Malcolm X nicebrothermother Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and Malcolm X landhomepast As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything. Malcolm X convinceddonelong We're all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man. Malcolm X boathellmen I, for one, will join in with anyone -- I don't care what color you are -- as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this earth. Malcolm X colorearthlong The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It is a miracle that twenty-two million Black people have not risen up against their oppressors in which they would have been justified by all moral criteria and even by the democratic traditions. Malcolm X christianmenhands Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Malcolm X hajjracismtruth Any time you know you're within the law, within your legal rights, within your moral rights, in accord with justice, then die for what you believe in. But don't die alone. Let your dying be reciprocal. This is what is meant by equality. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Malcolm X rightslawbelieve Any time you find the government involved in a conspiracy to violate the citizenship or the civil rights of a people, then you are wasting your time going to that government expecting redress. Instead, you have to take that government to the World Court and accuse it of genocide and all of the other crimes that it is guilty of today. Malcolm X governmentrightspeople The white man is not inherently evil, but America's racist society influences him to act evilly. The society has produced and nourishes a psychology which brings out the lowest, most base part of human beings. Malcolm X white-manmenamerica
