Malcolm X Quotes About Politicians

Quotes about: Politicians

• To me, political action involves making the politician who represents us know that he either produces or he is out, and he's out one way or another.

  Malcolm X

  Political, Way, Action

  Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

• The man was a deceiver. He was deceitful and I will never bite my tongue in saying that. I don't think he was anything but a politician, and he used Negroes to get elected and to get votes.

  Malcolm X

  Men, Thinking, Tongue

  Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

• The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community; no more.

  Malcolm X

  Philosophy, Mean, Men

  "The Ballot or The Bullet (Cleveland Version)". Malcolm X's speech at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (April 3, 1964) as quoted in "Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements" edited by George Breitman (pp. 23-44), 1965.

• We must control the politics and the politicians of our community. They must no longer take orders from outside forces. We will organize, and sweep out of office all Negro politicians who are puppets for the outside forces.

  Malcolm X

  Order, Office, Community

• Because once the black man becomes the political master of his own community, it means that the politicians of that community will also be black, which also means that he then will be sending black representation or representatives not only to represent him at the local level and at the state level, but, but even at the federal level.

  Malcolm X

  Mean, Men, Community

  Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

• Our accent will be upon youth: we need new ideas, new methods, new approaches. We will call upon young students of political science throughout the nation to help us. We will encourage these young students to launch their own independent study, and then give us their analysis and their suggestions. We are completely disenchanted with the old, adult, established politicians. We want to see some new faces -- more militant faces.

  Malcolm X

  Independent, Ideas, Giving

• I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes.

  Malcolm X

  Politician, Selected

  Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

• Any time the negro becomes involved in mature political action, then the resistance of the politicians who benefit from the exploited political system as it now stands will be forced to put, exercise more violent action to deprive the negro of his mature political action.

  Malcolm X

  Exercise, Political, Benefits

  Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

• [JF] Kennedy was a deceitful man. He was a cold-blooded politician whose purpose was to get elected.

  Malcolm X

  Men, Purpose, Cold

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

• Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and the position of the Afro- American or negro in American history. [He] has done a remarkable job in fighting for rights of black people in this country. On the other hand, he probably hasn't done as much as he could or as much as he should because he is the most independent negro politician in this country.

  Malcolm X

  Country, Jobs, Independent

  Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.

• In my opinion, mature political action is the type of action that that involves a program of re-education and information that will enable the black people in the black community to see the fruits that they should be receiving from the politicians who are over them and, thereby, they are then able to determine whether or not the politician is really fulfilling his function.

  Malcolm X

  People, Community, Political

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

• If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever means necessary.

  Malcolm X

  Mean, Politician, Function

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

• I think that the black people in this country have the reached the point where they should reserve the right to do whatever is necessary to see that they exercise complete control over the politicians in the politician, in the politics of their own community by whatever means necessary.

  Malcolm X

  Country, Mean, Exercise

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

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