39 quotes
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
on Freedom
"Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world."
on Education
"Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks."
on Civil Rights
"Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down."
on Life
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."
"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."
"Nobody can give you freedom, nobody can give you equality or justice. If you are a man, you take it."
"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who is for or against it."
on Truth
"If you have no critics you'll likely have no success."
on Success
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it."
"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against."
"History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals."
on History
"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
on Inspirational
"People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book."
"You are either free or not free"
"We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves."
on Wisdom
"Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power."
on Power
"You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."
