To tell a woman not to talk too much was like telling Jesse James not to carry a gun, or a hen not to cackle.

Nonviolence with Dr. [Martin Luther ]King is only a method. That's not his objective.

In my recent travels into African countries and others, I was impressed by the importance of having a working unity among all peoples, black as well as white.

When you want a nation, that's called nationalism... Black nationalism. A revolutionary is a Black nationalist. He wants a nation.

Only the mistakes were mine.

Most of the, or I should say many of the negro leaders actually suffer themselves from an inferiority complex even though they say they don't.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is teaching the black man, you're a human man.All you have to do is dignify yourself. You don't have to wait for any white man to recognize you. Recognize yourself. Love each other. Practice harmony and brotherhood among your own kind.