I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.

Let's cool it, brothers.

I believe it's a crime for anyone who is being brutalized to continue to accept that brutality without doing something to defend himself.

Racism is a human problem and a crime that is absolutely so ghastly that a person who is fighting racism is well within his rights to fight against it by any means necessary until it is eliminated.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

The 22 million or 30 million, whatever the case may be, Afro-Americans in the United States were still Africans.

Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.