Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives. As long as we agree on objectives, we should never fall out with each other just because we believe in different methods, or tactics, or strategy. We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as free humans in this society.

I am not an American; I am one of twenty-two million black people who are victims of Americanism.

The white race is doomed not because it's white but because of its misdeeds.

To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.

Whenever I walk the street and see people ready to get with it, that's my reward.

If you are not willing to pay the price for freedom, you don't deserve freedom.

The main part of the tree is the root, and the root is always beneath the ground. It never is brought out into the light.