America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

After four hundred years of slave labor, we have some back pay coming, a bill owed to us that must be collected.

So over you is the greatest enemy a man can have — and that is fear. I know some of you are afraid to listen to the truth — you have been raised on fear and lies. But I am going to preach to you the truth until you are free of that fear...

Forget the methods or the differences in methods. As long as we agree that the thing that the Afro-American wants and needs is recognition and respect as a human being.

When you live in a poor neighborhood, you are living in an area where you have poor schools. When you have poor schools, you have poor teachers. When you have poor teachers, you get a poor education. When you get a poor education, you can only work in a poor-paying job. And that poor-paying job enables you to live again in a poor neighborhood. So, it's a very vicious cycle.

One of my brothers read a lot. His head was forever in some book.