But before we die, how shall we live? I say with hope and dignity; and if premature death is the result, that death has a meaning reactionary suicide can never have. It is the price of self-respect.

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.

Let us go on outdoing ourselves; a revolutionary man always transcends himself or otherwise he is not a revolutionary man, so we always do what we ask of ourselves or more than what we know we can do.

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea.

You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!