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.

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

You can only die once, so do not die a thousand times worrying about it.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

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.