A very nice thread in most respects. They were troubled times and in the worst of times great men can rise to the top. Lots of wonderful quotes made on this thread. Here are a few more:


"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.   Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world."

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

"When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a man saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath he is going to tell you what he won't do to get it, or what he doesn't believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn't believe in freedom. A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire...or preserve his freedom."

"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."

"It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood."


Pretty great stuff ain't it?






BTW, those are all quotes of Malcolm X. Why don't we close the banks and give the school kids a day off for Malcolm? Matter of fact, why don't we teach ALL of them about Malcolm in similar ways to the ways we teach about Dr. King?

Just wondering.............

Spaw