Famous Quotes

"Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression."

Malcolm X on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Malcolm X

• "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."

• "Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world."

• "You can't legislate good will - that comes through education."

• "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."

• "In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure."