quotes by Malcolm X

"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. "
— 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'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 (By Any Means Necessary (Malcolm X Speeches & Writings))

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."
— Malcolm X

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."
— Malcolm X

"So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise."
— Malcolm X (The Autobiography of Malcolm X)

"Truth is on the side of the oppressed."
— Malcolm X

"How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?"
— 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 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

"Truth is on the side of the oppressed."
— Malcolm X

"Don't be bitter. Remember Lot's wife when they kill me, and they surely will. You have to use all of your energy to do what it is you have to do. [To his wife Betty Shabazz]"
— Malcolm X

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