While I was in prison, I was indulging in all types of vice, right within the prison. And I never was ostracized as much by the penal authorities while I was participating in all of the evils of the prison, as they tried to ostracize me after I became a Muslim.

The only possible way out for the white man is to give us Negroes some land of our own; let us get out, get away from his wicked reign and go for ourselves.

When you are equal with another person, the problem of integration doesn't even arise.

It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be prepared.

In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.

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

All you have to do is go back to slavery - days, and there were two types of slaves, the house slave and the field slave. The house slave was the one who believed in the master, who had confidence in the master and usually was very friendly with the master. And usually he was also used by the master to try and keep the other slaves pacified.