Malcolm X

"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."

"Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world."

"Don't be in a hurry to condemn a person who is not happy. All people are not meant to do the same things."

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

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

"Make it plain that you want to be respected as a human being."

"The media's the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent."

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

"We are not responsible for our appearance, but we are responsible for our conduct."

"If you're not plugged in to a spiritual force, you will be controlled by a human force."

"Respect is the foundation of any relationship."

"You cannot have capitalism without racism."

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

"Wake up! Open your eyes and look within."

"One of the tricks of the enemy is to make you abandon all hope."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Anytime you live in a society in which certain facilities are exclusively for white people, you are living in a state of slavery."

"You're not going to get anything unless you've got some discipline."

"The Black man in America is the most disrespected human being that walks the earth."

"He's a man of the world. Floating around in the general atmosphere trying to put on an act."

"The price of freedom is death."

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

"You can't legislate good will - that comes through education."

"The only way you can solve it is through education."

"I was, and am, a marked man."

"You're not to blame for being down, but you are to blame for staying down."

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

"Don't worry about being a leader; worry about being the best in whatever you do."

"Time is on the side of the people."