Malcolm X Quotes

United States, Politician
May 19, 1925 – February, 21, 1965.

Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.

Also known as Autobiographer, Political Activist

I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism - a human being is exercising extremism - in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner.

Malcolm X
- Believe
- Justice
The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

Malcolm X
- God
- Black
- Government

The young whites, and blacks, too, are the only hope that America has, the rest of us have always been living in a lie.

Malcolm X
- America
- Hope
- Rest
In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk and honey. But the Pharaoh disobeyed, and he was destroyed.

Malcolm X
- People
- God
- Free
On that same plantation, there was the field Negro. The field Negroes - those were the masses. There were always more Negroes in the field than there were Negroes in the house. The Negro in the field caught hell. He ate leftovers. In the house they ate high up on the hog. The Negro in the field didn't get anything but what was left of the insides of the hog.

Malcolm X
- Up
- High
- House
We are in a society where the power is in the hands of those who are the worst breed of humanity.

Malcolm X
- Power
- Society
- Humanity
How can anyone be against love?

Malcolm X
As featured in The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley and cited in Malcolm X: Why I Embraced Islam by Yusuf Siddiqui.

Malcolm X
- Why

It's impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism. You can't have capitalism without racism.

Malcolm X
- Believe
- Racism
It takes heart to be a guerrilla warrior because you’re on your own. In conventional warfare you have tanks and a whole lot of other people with you to back you up-planes over your head and all that kind of stuff. But a guerrilla is on his own. All you have is a rifle, some sneakers and a bowl of rice, and that’s all you need-and a lot of heart.

Malcolm X
- People
- Up
- Heart