We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
MALCOLM XI believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
More Malcolm X Quotes
-
-
You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
MALCOLM X -
Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
MALCOLM X -
A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
MALCOLM X -
Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
MALCOLM X -
Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
MALCOLM X -
If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
MALCOLM X -
To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
MALCOLM X -
Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
MALCOLM X -
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
MALCOLM X -
The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
MALCOLM X -
Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
MALCOLM X -
Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
MALCOLM X -
Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
MALCOLM X -
Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
MALCOLM X -
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
MALCOLM X