Malcolm X

“I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense I call it intelligence.”

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X

“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”

— Malcolm X

“Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.”

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X

“You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.”

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.”

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X

“Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.”

— Malcolm X

“In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.”

— Malcolm X

“If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.”

— Malcolm X

“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.”

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X

“I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.”

— Malcolm X

“The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.”

— Malcolm X

“Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.”

— Malcolm X

“I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.”

— Malcolm X

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

— Malcolm X

“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”

— Malcolm X