Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

The death of Che Guevara places a responsibility on all revolutionaries of the World to redouble their decision to fight on to the final defeat of Imperialism. That is why in essence Che Guevara is not dead, his ideas are with us.

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

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.

If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.