The Autobiography of Malcolm X Quotes

“The only true world solution today is governments guided by true religion—of the spirit.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:religiongovernmentspirit

“Segregation is that which is forced upon inferiors by superiors. But separation is that which is done voluntarily, by two equals—for the good of both!”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:goodequality

“The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:world

“In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:change

“reading had changed forever the course of my life.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:changereading

“I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and boola-boola and all of that.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:education

“Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, 'What's your alma mater?' I told him, 'Books.'”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:educationbooks

“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, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:societyoppression

“If I weren't out here every day battling the white man, I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity—because you can hardly mention anything I'm not curious about.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:reading

“I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being—neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being marrying another...”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

topic:marriagehumanityequality