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.
Bobby SealeWe were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.
Bobby SealeWe were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist jive politicians and the lackeys, as we used to call them, for the government who perpetuate all this exploitation and racism.
Bobby Seale