On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting.

His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.

White people cannot destroy me like they have other big ministers of Elijah Mohammed in the past by telling us oh, you speak good, you should be the leader.

I need to get everything straight. I'm not involved in a power struggle between black and white.

I'm the most recognised and loved man that ever lived

Be obedient to your superior, and your inferior will obey you.

When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.