Malcolm X

He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could carry, and no true leader sets too fast a pace for his follows to keep up.

Malcolm X

Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.

Malcolm X

Here was one of the white man’s most characteristic behavior patterns – where black men are concerned. He loves himself so much that he is startled if he discovers that his victims don’t share his vainglorious self-opinion.

Malcolm X

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

Malcolm X

History is not hatred.

Malcolm X

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!

Malcolm X

How can anyone be against love?

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

How could there be any difference between The Messenger and me? I am his slave, his servant, his son. He is the leader, the only spokesman for the Black Muslims.

Malcolm X

How is it possible to write one’s autobiography in a world so fast-changing as this?

Malcolm X