Malcolm X

"By any means necessary becomes the only logical motto."

"Make it plain that capital punishment is the only solution for political criminals."

"You cannot change anything in your life until you change what you believe in your heart."

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against."

"The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman."

"Whenever you're going in as a Black man, the white man never gives you any benefits of the doubt."

"My Alma mater was books, a very good library. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity."

"History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals."

"Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner unless you eat some of what's on that plate."

"If you have a dog, you feed your dog. If you have a bird, you feed your bird. But when it comes to feeding poor people, the government says they're freeloaders."

"Never accept blindly what you are told. No matter the source."

"The ballot or the bullet represents the choice facing African Americans."

"Our people have made the biggest mistake, thinking the enemy is going to give you justice or freedom."

"You can't drive me, you can't kill me, you can't scare me into submission."

"I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color."

"When you're wrong, you're wrong. It doesn't matter who you are or what color you are."

"We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being."

"Stand up and be the man your mother thought you were when she brought you into this world."

"American justice means just-us, not justice."

"You can't have a country where the majority of the people are poor and rich people are getting richer."

"The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself."

"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."

"Everything that comes out of the mouth speaks to what is in the heart."

"A person is only as sick as their secrets."

"The price of freedom is death."

"You've got to educate yourself. Don't depend on the system to do it."

"Wake up, clean up, stand up, and show some respect for yourself."

"The Messenger has opened our eyes. We are ready to follow him, if we have to walk into the jaws of the beast."

"We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love."

"Drug addiction is a sickness, and we ought to treat the sick."