The thing that you have to understand about those of us in the Black Muslim movement was that all of us believed 100 percent in the divinity of Elijah Muhammad. We believed in him. We actually believed that God, in Detroit by the way, that God had taught him and all of that. I always believed that he believed in himself. And I was shocked when I found out that he himself didn't believe it.
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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