Malcolm X Quote of the Day: “A wise man can play the role of a clown, but a clown cannot play the role of a wise man.”
“A wise man can play the clown, but a clown cannot play the wise man.” In 1964, during a televised discussion about the civil rights movement, a rival panelist attempted to challenge Malcolm X by using complex legal language to defend segregation. Rather than trying to compete with the speaker’s academic style, Malcolm X calmly … Read more