I have never seen white people who would sit, who would, who would approach a solution to their own problems nonviolently or passively. It's only when they are so-called "fighting for the rights of Negroes" that they nonviolently, passively, and lovingly, you know, approach the situation.

New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking to hang somebody.

I have rarely talked to anyone about my mother, for I believe that I am capable of killing a person, without hesitation, who happened to make the wrong kind of remark about my mother. So I purposely don't make any opening for some fool to step into.

My family was so poor we were close to eating the holes inside of doughnuts.

You can't have capitalism without racism.

In my recent travels into African countries and others, I was impressed by the importance of having a working unity among all peoples, black as well as white.

You can't hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.