Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.

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.

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

Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do.

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

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

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!