Malcolm X Quotes
1925 – 1965
American civil-rights leader and author of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X".
23 quotesAbout Malcolm X on Wikipedia
“We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first united among ourselves.”
“There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.”
“We didn't land on Plymouth Rock. The rock was landed on us.”
“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?”
“I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.”
“Civil rights means you're asking Uncle Sam to treat you right.”
“Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you're in bad shape.”
“Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern.”
“You can't separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything.”
“Any time you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't.”
“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.”
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.”
“This government has failed the Negro. This so-called democracy has failed the Negro.”
