In my case, spirituality has been important to me because at periods in my life there's been very little else that I've had going. I've actually needed to call on, to feel the forces of good in this universe to be able to survive.

Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.

The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practise.

I think that one of the great things that the Cuban revolution has done is preserve history.

I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America.

I can't do nothin except try to find cloud nine.

I advocate revolutionary changes...an end to capitalist exploitation, the abolition of racist policies, the eradication of sexism and the elimination of political repression. If that is a crime, then I am totally guilty