Who Said It?

“I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today – my own government.”

• 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

“I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.”

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Malcolm X

It is a disgrace for Negro leaders not to be able to submerge our “minor” differences in order to seek a common solution to a common problem posed by a common enemy.”

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Malcolm X

"There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all across this nation.  And I welcome this as a marvelous development. The Negro of America is saying he's determined to be free and he is militant enough to stand up." 

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Malcolm X

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

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Malcolm X

“We can never get civil rights in America until our 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

”[D]on't let anybody frighten you. We are not afraid of what we are doing... We, the disinherited of this land, we who have been oppressed so long, are tired of going through the long night of captivity.”

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Malcolm X

“I have been convinced that some American whites do want to help cure the rampant racism which is on the path to destroying this country.”

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Malcolm X

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

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Malcolm X