Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for.

I'd have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I'd just add it to all the other things I am: jazz musician, carpenter, architect, engineer and revolutionary.

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

Money is the medium of exchange, and it's how you make things happen. To say you hate it is some farfetched, idealistic crap.

The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party.

The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people. We didn't want to give a long dissertation.

I think the American Dream should be about a greater progressive legislation that allows for what I call a necessary future world of cooperational humanism.