The man was a deceiver. He was deceitful and I will never bite my tongue in saying that. I don't think he was anything but a politician, and he used Negroes to get elected and to get votes.

I admire a man who fights a battle against opposition, and if there wasn't something about [Reverend] Galamison that the people, I notice that the power structure is against Galamison.

The white man is by nature a devil and must be destroyed.

America is such a paradoxical society, hypocritically paradoxical, that if you don't have some humor, you'll crack up.

To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal.

The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.

Among Negroes we have Negroes who are as white as some white people. Still there's a difference.