The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.

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

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

You cannot legislate an attitude.

In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American, the American Indian, and black people.

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

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.