Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah Mohammed. In 1959, he went throughout the Holy City of Mecca to dine and wine with Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and all of the black, mainly the rulers of the Islamic countries.

I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

To succeed,all I need to do is suffer.

The sun is always shining someplace.

Martin Luther King was bumped off unjustly, Adam Clayton Powell was bumped off unjustly, they took my title unjustly, they killed Megers Ever unjustly, all the integrators who love white folks, was unjustly kicked out of Washington, they've been deprived of education and poverty throughout the country.

If you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.