Malcolm X Quotes

Neither, I must say with all due respect, is it the power of teachers and students. Basically the true and real power is with working people of all colors, of all beliefs, of all national origins.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who only have interests.

Collective action is a means of power, a means by which individuals can more fully realize their individual values.

You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.

For most women, Greenham was a place of principle, growth and song. Often joyful, sometimes terrifying, and almost always cold. As it got harder, with constant evictions and mounting violence from a frustrated and humiliated police force, the women got more determined. It was a community with a shared purpose - to live in peace.

As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.

So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more.

There is more power in unity than division.

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.

It’s only at certain points in history that people realize just how much power that they have.

Being part of social movements like Black Lives Matter or organizations like NAACP, or any group representing a cause, gives you more resources, knowledge, and power. They can help you use your voice.

The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important.

When fringe groups gather, there is power in that.

The purposeful many need not and will not bow to the willful few.

My books do have a sort of romantic community at the end - people coming together. But on a more basic level, I always see them as being about power, in the same way that Harry Potter books are pitched to a population of young people who really have no power.

You Can't Kill the Spirit resonates with the voices and power of women around the globe who have refused to be either passive or violent but instead act firmly and imaginatively to oppose oppression in its many guises. A wonderful tonic for activists and a treasure for those who teach, these stories bring women's history to life.

There is a power that can be created out of pent-up indignation, courage, and the inspiration of a common cause, and that if enough people put their minds and bodies into that cause, they can win. It is a phenomenon recorded again and against in the history of popular movements against injustice all over the world.

I think the biggest statement we can make as men, not as black men, as men, is to stick together and show how strong we are as a group. Not splinter. Not walk. It's easy to protest. The protest will be in our play.

He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.

It's time to come together. We all have the power to change, so what are we waiting for?

Even if it doesn't work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action

I want my music to be not only representative of other people's lives but also contributing something to the struggle that people are going through.

The better we understand how identities and power work together from one context to another, the less likely our movements for change are to fracture.

We don't care who you is - Blood, Crip, Mexican, Chinese. You feel me? If you about doing something positive with yourself and your community, let's join forces together.

Collective action remains the best way of renewing the march towards the great trinity of liberty, equality, and solidarity.