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.

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.

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

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.

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

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.

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.