Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
MALCOLM XOf all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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