Power doesn't back up in the face of a smile, or in the face of a threat of some kind of nonviolent loving action. It's not the nature of power to back up in the face of anything but some more power. Malcolm X actionbackface Change image and share on social
In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That... was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about 'white men.' Malcolm X alterationbrotherlycomplexion share on social
It's hard for anyone intelligent to be nonviolent. Everything in the universe does something when you start playing with his life, except the American Negro. He lays down and says, 'Beat me, daddy.' Malcolm X americanbeatdaddy Change image and share on social
You can't legislate good will - that comes through education. Malcolm X educationgoodlegislate Change image and share on social
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 bibledestroydisobey Change image and share on social
I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment. Malcolm X brotherhoodmanpeople share on social
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. Malcolm X almabookcuriosity Change image and share on social
The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him. Malcolm X americanbrotherhoodconception Change image and share on social
Not one black man is prominent in Brazil. The Negroes there are still at the bottom. Malcolm X blackbottombrazil Change image and share on social
I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca. Malcolm X blesscityholy Change image and share on social
