30 Best Malcolm X Quotes

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. – Malcolm X

We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us. – Malcolm X

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem. – Malcolm X

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. – Malcolm X

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today. – Malcolm X

If you have no critics, you'll likely have no success. – Malcolm X

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time. – Malcolm X

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. – Malcolm X

We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary. – Malcolm X

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. – Malcolm X

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses. – Malcolm X

Stumbling is not falling. – Malcolm X

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being. – Malcolm X

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression. – Malcolm X

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color. – Malcolm X

My alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. – Malcolm X

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker. – Malcolm X

You can't have capitalism without racism. – Malcolm X

The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. – Malcolm X

I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action. – Malcolm X

Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. – Malcolm X

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. – Malcolm X

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. – Malcolm X

I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. – Malcolm X

Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world. – Malcolm X

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary. – Malcolm X

You can't legislate good will - that comes through education. – Malcolm X

I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare. – Malcolm X