MLK and Malcolm X Quotes

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has freedom.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

“Black men have slammed the door shut on a post of deadening passivity.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

“We can never get civil rights in America until out human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens until we are first recognized as humans.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

“There is a profound recognition of the need for man to overcome oppression without resorting to violence.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

“I don’t see how you could call the strides being made in the field of integration rapid when you don’t have one city in this country that can honestly say it is an example of sincere integration.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

“The only weapon we have in our hands is the weapon of protest… We will be guided by the highest principles of law and order.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X