Malcolm X (1992 film) Quotes

Malcolm X (1992 film) is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . Malcolm X stopped airing in 1970.

It features Marvin Worth, and Spike Lee as producer, Terence Blanchard in charge of musical score, and Ernest Dickerson as head of cinematography.

Malcolm X (1992 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Malcolm X (1992 film) is 202 minutes long. Malcolm X (1992 film) is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Denzel Washington as Malcolm X, Albert Hall as Baines, Christopher Plummer as Chaplain Gill, Peter Boyle as Captain Green, Al Freeman, Jr. as Elijah Muhammad, Tommy Hollis as Earl Little, Spike Lee as Shorty, Roger Guenveur Smith as Rudy, Delroy Lindo as West Indian Archie, and James McDaniel as Brother Earl.

Malcolm X (1992 film) Quotes

Denzel Washington as Malcolm X

• (Denzel Washington) "But they were Hebrews, were they not?"

• (Denzel Washington) "If the so-called Negro were American citizens we wouldn't have a race problem. If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem. If the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem. If the Supreme Court desegregation decision was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem. All of this is hypocrisy. These Negro leaders have been telling the white man everything is all right, everything is under control. And they've been telling the white man that Mr. Muhammad is wrong, don't listen to him. But everything Mr. Muhammad has been saying is going to come to pass is now coming to pass and now the Negro leaders are standing up saying that we are about to have a racial explosion. We're going to have a racial explosion and that's more dangerous than an atomic explosion. It's going to explode because black people are dissatisfied. They're dissatisfied now not only with the white man, but with these Negroes who have been sitting around here posing as leaders and spokesmen for black people. Anytime you put too many sparks around a powder keg, the thing is going to explode and if the thing that explodes is still inside the house, then the house will be destroyed. So the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is telling the white man get this powder keg out of your house, let the black people in this country separate from him while there's still time. And if the black man is allowed to separate and go on onto some land of his own, where he can solve his problems, then there won't be any explosion. Complete separation is the only solution to the black and white problem in this country."

• (Denzel Washington) "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us."

• (Denzel Washington) "I will not touch the white man's poison; his drugs, his liquor, his swine, his women."
• (Albert Hall) "A Muslim must be strikingly upright; an outstanding example so that those in the darkness can see the power of the light."
• (Denzel Washington) "I will not commit adultery or fornication. I will not lie, cheat or steal."

• (Denzel Washington) "The only thing I like integrated is my coffee."

• (Denzel Washington) "What color were the original Hebrews?"

• (Denzel Washington) "What color were they"
• (Denzel Washington) "?"
• (Christopher Plummer) "Well, I don't think we know that for certain."
• (Denzel Washington) "But they were Hebrews, were they not?"
• (Christopher Plummer) "That's right."
• (Denzel Washington) "As was Jesus. Jesus was also a Hebrew."
• (Christopher Plummer) "Why don't you just ask your question."
• (Denzel Washington) "What color were the original Hebrews?"
• (Christopher Plummer) "I have told you that we don't know that for certain."
• (Denzel Washington) "Then you can't believe for certain that Jesus was white."
• (Christopher Plummer) "Just -- Just a moment. Just a moment. God is white."
• (Christopher Plummer) "Isn't it obvious?"
• (Denzel Washington) "Well, that"
• (Denzel Washington) "is obvious, but we don't know if it's obvious that God is white. The honorable Elijah Muhammed teaches us that Jesus did not have blond hair and blue eyes. The honorable Elijah Muhammed teaches us that the images of Jesus that are on prison walls and churches throughout the world are not historically correct because history teaches us that Jesus was born in a region where the people had color."

• (Denzel Washington) "I ordered a single, Jack."
• (Unnamed) "The double's on that man, Jack."
• (Denzel Washington) "Who is that?"
• (Unnamed) "That's West Indian Archie."
• (Denzel Washington) "Yeah? What's his angle?"
• (Unnamed) "Some uh this, some uh that."

• (Denzel Washington) "Like every hustler I was trapped. Cats that hung out together trying to find a solution found nothing. Cats that might have proved space or cured cancer, West Indian Archie might have been a mathematical genius -- but we were all victims of the American social order."

• (Denzel Washington) "As was Jesus. Jesus was also a Hebrew."

• (Denzel Washington) "Like every hustler, I was trapped. Cats that hung out together trying to find a solution found nothing. Cats that might have probed space or cured cancer, West Indian Archie might haved been a mathematical genius -- but we were all victims of the American social order."

• (Denzel Washington) "I aims to please, sir, and I'm pleased to aim."

• (Denzel Washington) "You may be shocked by these words, but I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass and prayed to the same God with fellow Muslims whose eyes were blue, whose hair was blond and whose skin was the whitest of whites. And we are brothers, truly; people of all colors and races believing in One God and one humanity. Once before, in prison, the truth came and blinded me. It has happened again -- In the past, I have permitted myself to be used to make sweeping indictments of all white people, and these generalizations have caused injuries to some white folks who did not deserve them. Because of the spiritual rebirth which I was blessed to undergo as a result of my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of one race. I intend to be careful not to sentence anyone who has not been proven guilty. I'm not a racist and do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. In all honesty and sincerity it can be stated that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. My first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belong, the Afro-Americans, for we, more than any other, are deprived of these inalienable rights. I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and souls of white Americans."

• (Denzel Washington) "The only thing I like integrated is my coffee."

Roger Guenveur Smith as Rudy

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Al Freeman, Jr. as Elijah Muhammad

• (Al Freeman, Jr.) "You will be on the public eye. Beware on them cameras. Oh, them cameras are bad as any narcotic."

• (Al Freeman, Jr.) "You will be in the public eye. Beware of them cameras. Oh, them cameras are bad as any narcotic."

Peter Boyle as Captain Green

• (Peter Boyle) "That's too much power for one man to have."

Spike Lee as Shorty

• (Spike Lee) "See that spot? Get it. The spot -- All right, that's it."

• (Spike Lee) "How's it feel?"
• (Denzel Washington) "It feels like I ain't got no skin on my head."

Christopher Plummer as Chaplain Gill

• (Christopher Plummer) "Well, I don't think we know that for certain."

• (Christopher Plummer) "I have told you that we don't know that for certain."

• (Christopher Plummer) "Why don't you just ask your question."

Albert Hall as Baines

• (Albert Hall) "A man curses because he doesn't have the words to say what's on his mind."

• (Albert Hall) "A man curses because he doesn't have the words to say what's on his mind."

James McDaniel as Brother Earl

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Delroy Lindo as West Indian Archie

• (Delroy Lindo) "Now you're outfitted. You ready to tackle the streets?"
• (Denzel Washington) "Yeah, I'm ready. Let them come."

Tommy Hollis as Earl Little

• (Tommy Hollis) "I'm a man."

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