Black people ALL are fightin' you all for freedom, justice and equality. One believes that intermarriage is gonna solve it, and 200 years from now we all will be a beautiful cream color. He really believes it. One believe that gittin' some rifles and shootin' up the country is gonna solve it, another believes that education. One day we'll be the president. One believe that we gotta git into the white man's pockets and get all the money.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

God will not place a burden on a man's shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.

The bull is stronger, but the matador is smarter.

I tell you what I really fear. I fear aeroplanes. When the flight's all right and smooth I'm still thinking, 'what if the engine blow up?' 'What if a fool's got a bomb on it?'

The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.

As soon as I heard the truth that Elijah Muhammad teaches us in America, it made me accept it.