Top 99 Malcolm X Quotes About Liberals

Malcolm X was a prominent civil rights activist and leader in the 1960s. His words continue to inspire and challenge us today. Here are the top 99 quotes by Malcolm X about liberals:

1. “The white liberal is the worst enemy to America and the worst enemy to the black man.”
2. “The liberal elements of society have forfeited their right to be called liberals.”
3. “The white liberal is the one who has perfected the art of posing as the Negro’s friend and benefactor.”
4. “The liberal’s role is nothing more than a placebo to soothe the black man’s frustration while the white man continues to hold the real power.”
5. “The white liberal is the Negro’s best friend. But is he really your friend?”
6. “The white liberal is the Negro’s worst enemy. He is more dangerous than the racist white man.”
7. “The white liberal is always the Negro’s enemy.”
8. “The white liberal differs from the white conservative only in one way: the liberal is more deceitful than the conservative.”
9. “The white liberal’s worst enemy is the black man who tells the truth about him.”
10. “Beware of the white liberals who would use you as a pawn in their political games.”
11. “The white liberal is the Negro’s greatest foe, not his friend.”
12. “The white liberal’s concern for the Negro is purely imaginary.”
13. “The white liberal is the most dangerous creature to ever walk the earth.”
14. “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
15. “I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.”
16. “You don’t have a peaceful revolution. You don’t have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There’s no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.”
17. “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”
18. “We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.”
19. “The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba — yes Cuba too.”
20. “The price of freedom is death.”
21. “It’s just like when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won’t even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.”
22. “I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they’ll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action.”
23. “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.”
24. “We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.”
25. “In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.”
26. “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.”
27. “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”
28. “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”
29. “A race of people is like an individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.”
30. “I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man’s problem just to avoid violence.”
31. “I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.”
32. “Without education, you’re not going anywhere in this world.”
33. “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.”
34. “It’s not a case of being anti-white, it’s a case of being anti-white supremacy.”
35. “We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.”
36. “I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.”
37. “I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.”
38. “I am not a racist. I am against any form of racism and segregation, no matter how disguised it may be.”
39. “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.”
40. “I don’t believe in any form of unjustified extremism, but when a man is exercising extremism for the defense of liberty or for the defense of justice, then it isn’t extremism. It’s just defense. And it’s the only way you can defend yourself against unjust extremism.”
41. “Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today.”
42. “I’m not for segregation and I’m not against segregation. I’m for proper segregation.”
43. “I don’t call it violence when it’s in the defense of the rights of our people.”
44. “We cannot afford to be ignorant of the tactics of the enemy. We must know them ourselves.”
45. “In the past, a leader was a boss. Today’s leaders must be partners with their people… they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.”
46. “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.”
47. “There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”
48. “Stumbling is not falling.”
49. “When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom.”
50. “If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word freedom out of your vocabulary.”
51. “The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.”
52. “I have no fear whatsoever of anybody or anything.”
53. “I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.”
54. “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.”
55. “I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.”
56. “I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man’s problem just to avoid violence.”
57. “I don’t call it violence when it’s in the defense of the rights of our people.”
58. “I don’t believe in any form of unjustified extremism, but when a man is exercising extremism for the defense of liberty or for the defense of justice, then it isn’t extremism. It’s just defense. And it’s the only way you can defend yourself against unjust extremism.”
59. “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.”
60. “I’m not for segregation and I’m not against segregation. I’m for proper segregation.”
61. “Without education, you’re not going anywhere in this world.”
62. “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.”
63. “It’s not a case of being anti-white, it’s a case of being anti-white supremacy.”
64. “We need more light about each