Malcolm X Quotes

Malcolm X Quotes

Malcolm X Quotes

Consider the following quotes by Malcolm X:

"Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American."

"Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power."

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."

"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."

"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."

"You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."

"Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against "