You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.

The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

The greatest weapon the colonial powers have used in the past against our people has always been his ability to divide and conquer. If I take my hand and slap you, it might sting you because these digits are separated. But all I have to do to put you back in your place is bring those digits together.

We reject segregation even more militantly than you say you do! We want separation, which is not the same! The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that segregation is when your life and liberty are controlled, regulated, by someone else. To segregate means to control. Segregation is that which is forced upon inferiors by superiors. But separation is that which is done voluntarily, by two equals - for the good of both!

White people whom I have met, who have accepted Islam, they don't regard themselves as white but as human beings.

I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his.

Nobody should teach the black man in America to turn the other cheek, unless someone is teaching the white man in America to turn the other cheek.