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

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

See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

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.

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

I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state.