Malcolm X
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.”
“You can't separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
“You get freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get your freedom; then you'll get it.”
“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad.”
“We don't see any American dream; we've experienced only the American nightmare.”
“Power never takes a back step — only in the face of more power.”
“Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone lays a hand on you, send him to the cemetery.”
“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made.”
“We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was landed on us.”
“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.”