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.

We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.

This is a very unforgiving country when you show this country its warts, when you hold the mirror up. If you happen not to share their beliefs, they'll kill you.

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.

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.

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

You cannot legislate an attitude.