Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.

Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.

In this country, these Negro leaders have Negroes sittin' - sitting down, thinking that that - there's dignity towards sitting in.

Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together by some form of hustling in the same way I did.

The young whites, and blacks, too, are the only hope that America has, the rest of us have always been living in a lie.

Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.

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