“We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.”

We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.

We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.

We’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.

We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.

The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.

I went down to the prison in Menard, thinking we were the vanguard, but down there, I got down on my knees and listened and learned from the people.

I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.

We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism

We know that political power doesn’t flow from the sleeve of a dashiki. We know that political power flows from the barrel of a gun.

A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that’s revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.

We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.

With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.

People have to be armed to have power, you see.

Socialism is the people! You afraid of yourself. If you afraid of socialism, you afraid of yourself.

Power anywhere where there’s people!

We have to start learning, and you learn through practice. We have to start making mistakes, and you learn through making mistakes.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

I don’t want people to have deep pockets but shallow minds.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause. In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause they care about.

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.

The object of education is not to fill a man’s mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking.

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.