The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.

I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.

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.

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

A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.... the black communities of America must rise up as one man to halt the progression of a trend that leads inevitably to their total destruction.

There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is...We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.

I always tried to raise money for the Black Panthers through business schemes.