“I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they’ll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action.”

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

“To me the earth’s most explosive and pernicious evil is racism, the inability of God’s creatures to live as One, especially in the Western world”

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time.”

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

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

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

“Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future. Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle. We must take hold of it and forge the future with the past."

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

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

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

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 aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

"If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

"You get freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get your freedom; then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it."

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

"I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner. Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate."

Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (19/5/1925 - 21/2/65)

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