The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!

Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'

Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do.

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.

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.

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

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