I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes.

I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you.

Any way, any form necessary to defend himself; Negro should reserve the right to do that just the same as others have the right to do it.

You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.

Now, the black man here was so-called free by [Abe] Lincoln 100 years ago. The black man in America has an - has a purchasing power of 20 billion dollars. Now, and he's educated.

Most people who work in prison earn money through contraband.

Until the image of the black man in the mind of the black man has been changed, there will always be delinquency, parental and juvenile. The idea is not to change the attitude of the white man to the black man but to change the attitude of the black man to himself.