Malcolm X Quotes

Every nation should wrestle with the question of what it means to defend itself, what it means to take revenge.

War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing.

The world hates us, but the bottom line is we're gonna have to show the world why they hate us by bombing the hell out of some people that have been hurting us. That's all. That's the end of it.

War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

If we are attacked we can only defend ourselves with guns not with butter.

I mean if someone you know pushes a button you're gonna strike back out.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

The snake will always bite back.

Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow.

In responding to a terrorist attack, there are only two choices - take the fight to the enemy or wait until they hit you again. In my estimation, America chose the first.

I never like being hit without striking back.

We declared war on an enemy that had declared war on us many years earlier.

Every nation has a right and duty to defend itself against unjust aggression. Offensive war of any kind is not morally justifiable.

In relation to the Dagestani and other bands which obstruct the movements of trains from the North Caucasus, you must be absolutely merciless. A number of their villages should be set on fire and burned to the ground so as to teach them not to make raids on trains.

This is a perfect illustration of reverse causality. Hamas threatens and harasses Israel, but it is only Israel’s response that warrants close attention and scrutiny.

We will continue to hit those who threaten us.

If they attack, we shall fight to the end. If the rockets had remained, we would have used them all and directed them against the very heart of the United States, including New York, in our defense against aggression. But we haven't got them, so we shall fight with what we've got.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

America roused to a righteous anger has always been a force for good. States that have been supporting if not Osama bin Laden, people like him need to feel pain. If we flatten part of Damascus or Tehran or whatever it takes, that is part of the solution.

If there's any guy crazy enough to attack me, I'm going to show him the end of the world -- close up. I'm going to let him see the kingdom come with his own eyes. I'm going to send him straight to the southern hemisphere and let the ashes of death rain all over him and the kangaroos and the wallabies.

It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.

Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.

I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.