Malcolm X

I believe in anything necessary to correct unjust conditions, political, economic, social, physical, anything that is necessary.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self-defense; I call it intelligence.

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

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner unless you eat some of what's on that plate.

You can't legislate good will—that comes through education.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The white man is the devil.

We don’t see any American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare.

You can't have capitalism without racism.

If someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

The American black man is the most unfortunate human being to land on the face of the earth. He was brought here from Africa and has been brainwashed, stripped of his culture, his language, his religion, his name, his identity, and his history.

We are not interested in being integrated into a burning house.

The Negro revolution is no revolution at all. It's a token revolution. It's a revolution of integration.

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a racial conflict of black against white, or as a purely American problem. Instead, we are today seeing a global rebellion of the oppressed against the oppressor, the exploited against the exploiter.

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.

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that the white man is the personification of evil.