Malcolm X Quotes About Brotherhood

Quotes about: Brotherhood

• I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.

  Malcolm X

  Believe, Men, Brotherhood Of Man

  "Varieties of black experience at Harvard: an anthology" by Werner Sollors, Thomas A. Underwood, Caldwell Titcomb, (p. 133), 1986.

• There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blonds to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.

  Malcolm X

  Believe, White, America

  "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Book by Alex Haley and Malcolm X, New York: The Random House Publishing Group. p. 390, 1965.

• It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That's the only thing that can save this country.

  Malcolm X

  Inspiring, Country, Brotherhood

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.433, Ballantine Books

• I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.

  Malcolm X

  Friendship, Believe, Men

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". Speech in New York City, www.imdb.com. December 12, 1964.

• Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and
  the overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced
  by people of all colours and races here in this ancient Holy Land,
  the home of Abraham, Muhammad, and all the other prophets
  of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly
  speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed
  all around me by people of all colours.

  Malcolm X

  Home, Past, Land

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.347, Ballantine Books

• The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is teaching the black man, you're a human man.All you have to do is dignify yourself. You don't have to wait for any white man to recognize you. Recognize yourself. Love each other. Practice harmony and brotherhood among your own kind.

  Malcolm X

  Teaching, Men, White Man

• I saw all races, all colors, blue eyed blonds to black skinned Africans in true brotherhood! In unity! Living as one! Worshiping as one! No segregationists, no liberals; they would not have known how to interpret the meaning of those words

  Malcolm X

  Race, Blue, Color

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.369, Ballantine Books

• If a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy. And what America is trying to do is pass laws to force whites to pretend that they want Negroes into their schools or into - in their places of employment.

  Malcolm X

  School, Men, Gun

• God now is about to establish a kingdom on this earth based upon brotherhood and peace, and the white man is against brotherhood and the white man is against peace. His history on this earth has proved that.

  Malcolm X

  Men, White Man, Brotherhood

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

• If a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood.

  Malcolm X

  Men, White Man, Brotherhood

• You know, if ever there was a people who should know how to practice brotherhood, it is the American Negro and it is the people of Egypt.

  Malcolm X

  Egypt, Practice, People

  Source: www.panafricanperspective.com

• It gives [a man] the incentive to develop his dormant potential so that when he becomes a part of the brotherhood of Islam, and is identified collectively in the brotherhood of Islam with the brothers in Islam, at the same time this also gives him the, it has the psychological effect of giving him the incentive as an individual to develop all of his dormant potential to its fullest extent.

  Malcolm X

  Brother, Men, Giving

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

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