Malcolm X

"Know yourself. Study yourself. Know your origin."

"The economic system of this country does not lend itself to the black man's prosperity."

"If you are not ready to die for it, put the word freedom out of your vocabulary."

"All of us have more in common with each other than we have differences."

"That doesn't mean you're educated just because you went to school."

"Wake up. Wake up. No more time to sleep."

"If you're going to be my leader, you've got to be able to run with me."

"It is only after the deepest darkness that we can truly appreciate the light."

"The things that have been happening in this country, it is getting out of hand."

"And that's the only way we'll ever get freedom. We'll have to unite together and do it ourselves."

"The price of freedom is death."

"Do something for yourself, and then you will do something for your people."

"You have to be willing to die to achieve your goals. That is the price that must be paid."

"The game is up for the white man. He knows it. I know it. And most of you know it."

"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it."

"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."

"We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first united among ourselves."

"There is no better time than now to start doing the work yourself."

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"If you have no critics you'll likely have no success."

"You're not going to get the kind of house you want on a slave's wages."

"The white man is not inherently evil, but America's racist society influences him to act evilly."

"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast."

"We will work with anybody. We'll work with you. But we won't be what you want us to be for you."

"A wise man can play the part of a fool, but a fool can't play the part of a wise man."

"Time is on the side of the skillful; it runs against the ignorant."

"Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence."

"You can't have capitalism without racism."