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.

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.

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!

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

If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.

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.'

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