The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
Malcolm XAny time you put too many sparks around a powder keg, the thing is going to explode, and if the things that explodes is still inside the house, then the house will be destroyed.
Malcolm XThe White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless.
Malcolm XAt the same time Reverend Galamison policy is intelligent enough where he can't be used to attack me.
Malcolm XMost of the negro leaders who get the support of the power structure end up being against [Reverend] Galamison.
Malcolm XWhen you have your own bus, then you have dignity. When you have your own school, you have dignity. When you have your own country, you have dignity.When you have something of your own, you have dignity. But whenever you are begging for a chance to participate in that which belongs to someone else, or use that which belongs to someone else, on an equal basis with the owner, that's not dignity. That's ignorance.
Malcolm X