Ten Powerful Quotes From Malcolm X

The civil rights icon's words still apply 50 years later.

On the Media - May 19th would have been Malcolm X's 90th birthday. Though the activist never lived to see old age — he was assassinated in 1965, at age 40 — his legacy is immortal. To honor the civil rights icon, we revisit some of his most poignant words. Keep reading for Malcolm X’s most passion-filled quotes. — Patrice Peck“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” (Photo: Bob Parent/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
On Condemnation - “Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.”(Photo: Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
On Being Human - “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.”(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)On Education - “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”(Photo: Richard Saunders/Getty Images)

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On the Media - May 19th would have been Malcolm X's 90th birthday. Though the activist never lived to see old age — he was assassinated in 1965, at age 40 — his legacy is immortal. To honor the civil rights icon, we revisit some of his most poignant words. Keep reading for Malcolm X’s most passion-filled quotes. — Patrice Peck“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” (Photo: Bob Parent/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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