"Revolutions are never waged singing "We Shall..." - Quote by Malcolm X

“In America you have the mouse now trying to sit down on the elephant, thinking that he's going somewhere. And it's - and it's absurd.”

“How can a Negro say America is his nation? He was brought here in chains; he was put in slavery an worked like a mule for three hundred years; he was separated from his land, his culture, his God, his language!”

“If integration will get [black man] that [respect as the human being], all right. If segregation will get him that, all right. If separation will get him that, all right.But after he gets integration and he still doesn't have this dignity and this recognition as a human being, then his problem is still not solved.”

“Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.”

“A revolution is sometimes necessary, but if revolutions become habitual the country in which they take place is going down-hill”

“The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.”

“It is easier to kill what we do not know.”

“I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his.”

“What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.”