“This government has failed the Negro. This so-called democracy has failed the Negro.”

— Malcolm X, Speech in Cleveland, Ohio (3 April 1964)

About Malcolm X

1925 – 1965

American civil-rights leader and author of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X".

“My alma mater was books, a good library.”

“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.”

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

“A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all—that is myself.”

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, but your government only when it deserves it.”

“The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”

“We live in a country where the people own the Government and not in a country where the Government owns the people.”

“Where there is great power there is great responsibility.”