Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American. -Malcolm X

 

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.


-Malcolm X
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This quote is just one of 17 total Malcolm X quotes in our collection. Malcolm X is known for saying 'Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

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Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power. -Malcolm X
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power on behalf of tyranny and oppression.

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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.

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Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. -Malcolm X
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

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