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We didn't land on Plymouth Rock—Plymouth Rock landed on us! — Malcolm X · 1992We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was landed on us. — Malcolm X · 1964You are not an American, you are the victim of America! — Malcolm X · 1992Race relations2 quotes
Brothers and sisters, I am here to tell you that I charge the white man. I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest kidnapper on earth. There is no place in this world that man can go and say he created peace and harmony. Everywhere he's gone, he's created havoc. Everywhere he's gone, he's created destruction. So I charge him. — Malcolm X · 1992Because of the spiritual rebirth which I was blessed to undergo as a result of my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of one race. I intend to be very careful not to sentence anyone who has not been proven guilty. I'm not a racist and do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. In all honesty and sincerity it can be stated that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. Now my first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belong, for we, more than any others, are deprived of our inalienable rights. But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans. — Malcolm X · 1992Activism1 quote
You had better make some noise. — Malcolm X · 1965American Dream1 quote
I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare. — Malcolm X · 1964Black freedom struggle1 quote
That's our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. — Malcolm X · 1964Books1 quote
My alma mater was books. — Malcolm X · 1965Civil rights1 quote
We are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as human beings. We are fighting for...human rights. — Malcolm X · 1964Education1 quote
My alma mater was books. — Malcolm X · 1965Fighting for freedom1 quote
It'll be ballots, or it'll be bullets. It'll be liberty, or it will be death. — Malcolm X · 1964Fighting for justice1 quote
You had better make some noise. — Malcolm X · 1965Freedom1 quote
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. — Malcolm X · 1965Injustice1 quote
You had better make some noise. — Malcolm X · 1965Islam1 quote
Because of the spiritual rebirth which I was blessed to undergo as a result of my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of one race. I intend to be very careful not to sentence anyone who has not been proven guilty. I'm not a racist and do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. In all honesty and sincerity it can be stated that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. Now my first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belong, for we, more than any others, are deprived of our inalienable rights. But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans. — Malcolm X · 1992New York City1 quote
New York was heaven to me. And Harlem was Seventh Heaven! — Malcolm X · 1965Peace1 quote
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. — Malcolm X · 1965Racism1 quote
Because of the spiritual rebirth which I was blessed to undergo as a result of my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of one race. I intend to be very careful not to sentence anyone who has not been proven guilty. I'm not a racist and do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. In all honesty and sincerity it can be stated that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. Now my first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belong, for we, more than any others, are deprived of our inalienable rights. But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans. — Malcolm X · 1992Standing up for what's right1 quote
You had better make some noise. — Malcolm X · 1965Voting rights1 quote
It'll be ballots, or it'll be bullets. It'll be liberty, or it will be death. — Malcolm X · 1964