It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.

I am and always will be a Muslim. My religion is Islam.

I think that Abraham Lincoln probably did more to trick negroes than any other man in history.

As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.

Any time a negro community lives under fear that its churches are going to be bombed, then they have to realize they're living in a war zone.

Once he [Negro] realizes that [he is at war ], then he can defend himself.

Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.