It's impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism.

Abraham Lincoln was interested in, in saving the Union. Well, most negroes have been tricked into thinking that Lincoln was a negro lover whose primary aim was to free them, and he died because he freed them.

Don't be bitter. Remember Lot's wife when they kill me, and they surely will. You have to use all of your energy to do what it is you have to do. [To his wife Betty Shabazz]

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

Among Negroes we have Negroes who are as white as some white people. Still there's a difference.

I'm inclined to believe that most Negro leaders, professional Negroes are professional Negroes. Being a Negro is their professional, and being a profe - a leader is their profession. And usually they say exactly what the white man wants - wants to hear them say.

I think that if Essien Udom had something he didn't take it back far enough in history to get at the proper understanding of it.