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.”

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X

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

— 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

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X

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

— 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

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

— 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

“Truth is on the side of the oppressed.”

— 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

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

— Malcolm X

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

— 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

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

— 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

“I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.”

— Malcolm X

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

— Malcolm X