Malcolm X Quotes

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.