A culture is a total way of life. It embraces what people ate and what they wore; the way they walked and the way they talked; the manner in which they treated death and greeted the newborn.

By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?

Not only are there African accomplices inside the imperialist system, but every African has a responsibility to understand the system and work for its overthrow.

For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.

Revolution is the most dramatic appearance of a conscious people.

If there is to be any proving of our humanity it must be by revolutionary means

I don't the life of a thug. I live the life of a sinner.

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

George Bush's political, intellectual and other shortcomings cannot be restricted to one sentence.

When the soul is just liberated from the wretched giant's bed of dogmas on which it has been racked and stretched ever since it began to think, there is a feeling of exultation and strong hope.

No one provokes me with impunity.

Well, now there's a remedy for everything except death.

Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.

I just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.

Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.

My life is my statement and I try to be true to myself and thusly to other people. Whatever my failings are, they are human and I try to perfect it each day.