So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.

Since integration is so slow, and the white man knows the problem must be solved, the only thing that he can do tomorrow is, is separate, because we're already separated.

You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get it. Then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.

I am not an American; I am one of twenty-two million black people who are victims of Americanism.

That's not a chip on my shoulder, that's your foot on my neck.

The religion of Islam brings out of the individual all of his dormant potential.