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

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

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

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.

You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage.

They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.