The black people of America have been victims of violence at the hands of the white men for four hundred years, and following the ignorant Negro preachers, we have thought that it was godlike to turn the other cheek to the brute that was brutalizing us.

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

I know that I will not die until my time comes.

If I can't run my neighborhood you won't want me in your neighborhood.

They tell us we are all citizens, that we were born in this country. Well, a cat can have kittens in the oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits!

Who taught you to hate yourself?

My faith in God is such that I am not afraid.