Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.