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.

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

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.

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

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.

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