13 quotes
You can't separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Malcolm X Speaks (1965)
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.
Malcolm X Speaks (1965)
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
Malcolm X Speaks (1965)
You get freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get your freedom; then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.
If this is a country of freedom, let it be a country of freedom; and if it's not a country of freedom, change it.
Today it’s time to stop singing and start swinging. You can’t sing up on freedom, but you can swing up on some freedom.
Speech in Detroit, Michigan (1964)
We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.
By Any Means Necessary (1970)
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
By Any Means Necessary (1970)
It'll be liberty, or it will be death. The only difference about this kind of death—it'll be reciprocal.
Speech in Cleveland, Ohio (1964)
Stop singing and start swinging. You can't sing up on freedom, but you can swing up on some freedom. Cassius Clay can sing, but singing didn't help him to become the heavyweight champion of the world; swinging helped him become the heavyweight champion.
People are fed up with the dillydallying, pussyfooting, compromising approach that we've been using toward getting our freedom. We want freedom now, but we're not going to get it saying 'We Shall Overcome'. We've got to fight until we overcome.
If you're not ready to die for it, take the word "freedom" out of your vocabulary.
Attributed
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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