I might add, the whites who came here only say 50 years ago as immigrants have come into this country, they have set up businesses. They've developed these businesses into an industry.

No president ever had more power than [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt.

It gives [a man] the incentive to develop his dormant potential so that when he becomes a part of the brotherhood of Islam, and is identified collectively in the brotherhood of Islam with the brothers in Islam, at the same time this also gives him the, it has the psychological effect of giving him the incentive as an individual to develop all of his dormant potential to its fullest extent.

It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.

Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better." -said by Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm X

Most of those Negroes have been given those jobs by the white political machine, and they serve no other function other than to, as window dressing.

One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and listen for yourself and think for yourself.