The Government is responsible for what is happening to black people in America.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

Respect me, or put me to death.

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

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate.

You know, if ever there was a people who should know how to practice brotherhood, it is the American Negro and it is the people of Egypt.

Nonviolence with Dr. [Martin Luther ]King is only a method. That's not his objective.