MLK Malcom X Quotes

“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.

• Malcom 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.

• Malcom 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.

• Malcom 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 for so long,  are  tired  of  going through the long night of captivity.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcom X

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

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcom X

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

his freedom.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcom 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.

• Malcom X

“I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such,

regardless of their color.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcom 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.

• Malcom 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.

• Malcom X