We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us today as Black Leaders representing the welfare of Black people. We won't follow any leader today who comes on the basis of political party. Both parties (Democrat and Republican) are controlled by the same people who have abused our rights, and who have deceived us with false promises every time an election rolls around.

Let's cool it brothers . . . Spoken to his assassins, three men who stabbed him 16 times.

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

I think you'll find also that if the negro ever realizes that he should begin to fight for real for his freedom, there are many whites who will fight on his side with him.

This is why integration will not work. It assumes that the two races, black and white, are equal and can be made to live as one. This is not true.

22 million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America.

The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens there until we are first recognized as humans.