I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being--neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.

One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to the growth of the Black Muslim movement. African blood, African origin, African culture, African ties. And you'd be surprised - we discovered that deep within the subconscious of the black man in this country, he is still more African than he is American.

Better jobs and housing are only temporary solutions. They are aspects of tokenism and don't go to the heart of the problem.

If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever means necessary.

I live like a man who's dead already! I have no fear whatsoever of anybody or anything

Not a physical migration, but a cultural, psychological, philosophical migration back to Africa, which means the restoring our common bond will give us the spiritual strength and the incentive to strengthen our political and social and economic position right here in America, and to fight for the things that are ours by right here on this continent.

I myself have never been concerned with whether we are considered known or unknown. It's no problem of ours.