I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don`t believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn`t want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.
Malcolm X
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.
Malcolm X
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if...
Malcolm X
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
Eleanor Roosevelt
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me `understand` something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
It was a wife`s duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.
Eleanor Roosevelt
So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating e...
Eleanor Roosevelt
The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with the baby is beneath him, and then he certainly is not going to be a very successful father
Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably
Eleanor Roosevelt
One`s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt
It`s really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you`re going to get it to these people.
Bob Geldof
I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
Malcolm X
Women are like teabags. We don`t know our true strength until we are in hot water!
Eleanor Roosevelt
