Malcolm X Quotes, Thoughts and images

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

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

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

That's not a chip on my shoulder, that's your foot on my neck.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

You can always chase a dream but it will not count if you never catch it.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

When you hear me say "by any means necessary," I mean exactly that. I believe in anything that is necessary to correct unjust conditions-political, economic, social, physical, anything that is necessary.

Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.

Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

For tommorow belongs to those that prepare for it today.

If not now then when, if not me then who?

The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.

Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.

You and I have never seen democracy; all we've seen is hypocrisy.

Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.

They cripple the bird's wing, and then condemn it for not flying as fast as they.

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

The only thing power respects, is power.

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.