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 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 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'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.

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

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 is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.