Quotes by Malcolm X

“We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.”

“Usually when people are sad, they dont do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.”

“Im for truth, no matter who tells it. Im for justice, no matter who its for or against.”

“If youre not ready to die for it, put the word freedom out of your vocabulary.”

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

“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”

“Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.”

“The only way well get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuelan Haiti and Cuba.”

“In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.”

“We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what they teach. We urge that the preachers teach the truth, to teach our people the one important guiding rule of conduct - unity of purpose.”

“I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, the ability to read awoke in me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”

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

“We didnt land on Plymouth Rock, my brothers and sisters - Plymouth Rock landed on us!”

“By any means necessary.”

“Anytime you see someone more successful than you are,they are doing something youre not.”

“Truth is on the side of the oppressed”

“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If youre a man, you take it.”

“Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.”

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

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