Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
MALCOLM XTruth is on the side of the oppressed.
MALCOLM XJust as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
MALCOLM XWe are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
MALCOLM XA man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
MALCOLM XAnytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
MALCOLM XSome things are better done than said.
MALCOLM XI want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
MALCOLM XSo early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
MALCOLM XI don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
MALCOLM XIf not now then when, if not me then who?
MALCOLM XIf you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
MALCOLM XAll over this world people are standing up for freedom.
MALCOLM XI’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
MALCOLM XOne day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
MALCOLM XWhen ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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.
MALCOLM X