Malcolm X Quotes With Inspiring Images

Malcolm X, whose real name was Malcolm Little (and changed to El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz when he converted to Islam), he was an advocate of American human and racial rights. African-American Malcolm X was born in 1925 and is one of the most memorable and legendary black leaders in the history of the United States. He lived a childhood full of suffering: his father was killed for attending a demonstration in defense of workers, and his mother entered a psychiatric hospital. However, Malcolm X traveled his own path in activism and spirituality. His legacy, which will be considered one of the greatest leaders for African American rights. Below you can find our collection of Malcolm X quotes with images. On the same topic, we created these Martin Luther King justice quotes that you might want to check out.

Malcolm X Quotes

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

We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us

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

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

I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color

Any time you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. Freedom is something that you have to do for yourselves

It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That’s the only thing that can save this country

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

It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come

I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you

Famous Malcolm X Quotes

The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle

You get freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get your freedom; then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it

Usually, when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change

History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power

If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God

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 the next time