You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage.

When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do.

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.

The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!

This is a very unforgiving country when you show this country its warts, when you hold the mirror up. If you happen not to share their beliefs, they'll kill you.

Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.

What makes you wise is not what you learn, but what you practice. What makes you wealthy is not what you earn, but what you invest. So, invest in what to practice, and practice what to invest.

A finished person is a boring person.

If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.

Young Frank Pastore may have pitched the biggest victory of 1979. Maybe the biggest victory of the year!

The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.

The mobile market is exploding and it makes perfect sense for a media company like ours to create a real content destination for the billions of cell-phone users around the world.

I have decided that whatever time I may have left is left for Him.

If you're not getting older, you're dead.