Almost every famous person at least once in their life said something that was remembered by the society, and considered meaningful, important or just funny. Those quotations can be mentioned in various situations. Often they are used in speeches or in a humorous way. In order to find some of them grub around.
Malcolm x
Date: May 8, 2007
You can always chase a dream but it will not count if you never catch it.
My thinking had been opened up wide in Mecca. I wrote long letters to my friends, in which I tried to convey to them my new insights into the American black mans struggle and his problems as well as the depths of my search for truth and justice. Ive had enough of someone elses propaganda, I had written to these friends. I am for truth, no matter who tells it. I am for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I am a human being first and foremost, and as such Im for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. The American white mans press called me the angriest Negro in America. I wouldnt deny that charge; I spoke exactly as I felt. I believe in anger. I believe it is a crime for anyone who is being brutalized to continue to accept that brutality without doing something to defend himself. I am for violence if non-violence means that we continue postponing or even delaying a solution to the American black mans problem. White man hates to hear anybody, especially a black man, talk about the crime that the white man perpetrated on the black man. But let me remind you that when the white man came into this country, he certainly wasnt demonstrating non-violence.
Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power on behalf of tyranny and oppression.