But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.

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

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.

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

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!

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.