It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley. Malcolm X afraidalleyback Change image and share on social
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
I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil. Malcolm X angeldevillet 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
For me, my 'X' replaced the white slave master name of 'Little' which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed on my parental forebears. Malcolm X bluedevileye 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
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X belongeducationfuture Change image and share on social
