Malcolm X

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

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

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

I'm sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.

I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man by the color of his skin. It teaches me to judge him by his deeds and his conscious behavior. And it teaches me to be for the rights of all human beings, but especially the Afro-American human being, because my religion is a natural religion, and the first law of nature is self-preservation.

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

Let's cool it brothers . . . Spoken to his assassins, three men who stabbed him 16 times.

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 says it.

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

Speaking like this doesn't mean we are anti-white, but it does mean we're anti-exploitation, we're anti-degradation, we're anti-oppression.