The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism.

I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment, which goes on exploiting the wretched of the earth.

I'm not ruling. I never ruled. I have one vote and I'm the leader of the party. I've always had a vote on the central committee. I always had more influence than that one vote. I'll admit that.

I don't want people to think he [Eldridge Cleaver] is so important - our party is important because our party works for the people and no individual is important in our party, including myself.

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. I wanted my death to be something the people could relate to, a basis for further mobilization of the community.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.