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

Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.

Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.

All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.

Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.

To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.

Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.

The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.

Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.

Stumbling is not falling.

Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.

All over this world people are standing up for freedom.

Fighting for equality is a celebration of independence. Fighting for black lives is a celebration of independence.

We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black

We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.

When one of us shines, all of us shine.

I don’t stand for black man’s side, I don’t stand for white man’s side, I stand for God’s side.

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there.

Sometimes I feel like I’m not solid. I’m hollow. There’s nothing behind my eyes. I’m a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.