I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very good way .

Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.

Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Let the wet earth embrace you firmly, soundly. She needs to be revived, she needs to beat like a heart full of adrenaline inside a chest.

There's more than one way to tell each other things, and there's more than one way to listen, too.

The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.

Let your trouble be Light will follow dark Though the heaven falls You may hear the lark.

If the Bible is God's word, and we believe it, let us handle it with reverence.

Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.

I hated repeating myself. The last films I've done - not once did I ever have the feeling that I was dialing it in.