At the bottom of the social heap is the black man in the big-city ghetto. He lives night and day with the rats and the cockroaches and drowns himself with alcohol and anesthetizes himself with dope, to try and forget where and what he is. That Negro has given up all hope. He's the hardest one for us to reach, because he's the deepest in the mud. But when you get him, you've got the best kind of Muslim. I look upon myself as a prime example of this category - as graphic an example as you could find of the salvation of the black man.
You are either free or not free - Malcolm X
You are either free or not free
- Malcolm X
The only thing power respects, is power. - Malcolm X
The only thing power respects, is power.
When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness. - Malcolm X
When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.
If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not pr… - Malcolm X
If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not pr…
When the people who are in power want to use again, create an image, to justify something that's bad, they use the press. And they'll use the press t… - Malcolm X
When the people who are in power want to use again, create an image, to justify something that's bad, they use the press. And they'll use the press t…
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. - Malcolm X
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.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. - Malcolm X
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. - Malcolm X
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
You know, if ever there was a people who should know how to practice brotherhood, it is the American Negro and it is the people of Egypt. - Malcolm X
You know, if ever there was a people who should know how to practice brotherhood, it is the American Negro and it is the people of Egypt.
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