Malcolm X Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“No, we are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... He has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.”

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

“You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.”

“If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.”

“A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”

“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.”

“I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.”

“To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.”

“I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.”

“Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.”