Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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