Malcolm X

"The greatest mistake of my life was taking the American bait."

"If you don't stand for something, you will stand for anything negative that comes your way."

"Real education should make you understand your own culture and history."

"You cannot separate spiritual development from the conditions of the society."

"A time is coming when every Negro in this country will be given an opportunity to do for himself."

"The problem of the American Negro is within reach of solution today."

"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to create a menace to society."

"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."

"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today."

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

"Make your people aware that they are human beings, that they have a right to respect themselves."

"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed."

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

"We are not going to beg the American government to recognize us and give us some civil rights. We are human beings. We should recognize ourselves and our rights as human beings."

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

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

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

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

"You're not going to gain equality in this country if you're looking to white people to give it to you."

"Stumbling is not falling."

"The black man needs to be told he's beautiful, to make him feel proud."

"I'm a marked man. This thing with me will be resolved by death and violence."

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

"The time is ripe for us to wake up and live up to the meaning of what we say we believe."

"I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination."

"Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research."

"If the white man is incapable of being just, then he should be fearful."

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

"Learn everything you can about your past so you can know where you're going."

"The Negro revolt is really a revolt against the mediocrity that has been imposed upon us."