"I think that the negro should reserve..." - Quote by Malcolm X
I think that the negro should reserve the right to execute.
More by Malcolm X
“Times change so quickly that if you and I don't keep up with the times, we'll find ourselves with an umbrella in our hand, over our head, when the sun is out. Or we'll find ourselves standing in the rain, with the umbrella inside the door.”
“All of us were mischievous at some time or another, I more so than any of the rest. [My brother] Philbert and I kept a battle going. ... Even in our fighting, there was a feeling of brotherly union.”
“I don't have any hate. I've got some sense. I'm not going to let anybody who hates me tell me to love him. I'm not that way-out.”
More on Justice
“Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale?... A gang is a group of men... in which the plunder is divided according to an agreed convention. If this villainy... acquires territory, establishes a base, captures cities and subdues people, it then openly arrogates to itself the title of kingdom.”
“The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.”
“And this is the eternal law. For, Evil often stops short at istelf and dies with the doer of it! but Good, never.”
More on Retaliation
“He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.”
“To cut short this question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence?”
“The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever-recurring song of retaliation.”