I consider myself neither legally nor morally bound to obey the laws made by a body in which I have no representation.

I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free, by any means necessary.

I consider myself neither legally nor morally bound to obey the laws made by a body in which I have no representation.

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.

When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.

There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.