“If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.”

There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.

If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.

You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.

The only thing power respects, is power.

I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.

We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.

One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.

I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.

To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.

The price of freedom is death.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.

You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.