The people have now come to realize that the only way to deal with the oppressor is to deal on our own terms and this was done.

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

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.

I am not a hoodlum. I'm a community organizer.

Our position was: If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.

A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.

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.