The black people's struggle has vanquished racism. It was God who created colour. Today Obama, a son of Kenya, a son of Africa, has made it in the United States of America.

Even if there comes a time when you do not hear my voice, do not give up. Do not despair. Do not stop fighting for your freedom until you have victory!

Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell.

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert and were uneducated: Mohammed, Jesus and myself.

To force a human being to learn according to a set curriculum is a dictatorial act.

Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.

A woman has the right to run for election whether she's male or female!

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.

[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their free choice, creativity and brilliance.

We will fight in every valley, in every street, in every oasis, and every town. We won't surrender again; we are not women; we will keep fighting.

This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.

The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.

Lamon, that speech won't scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed.

The word ‘no’ is a great time-saver. Say no to anything that is not the highest and best use of your time.

If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are--and that's probably what they will become.

What is beyond the mind, has no boundary, In it our senses end.

Arthur Scargill is the Labour movements nearest equivalent to a First World War General.

The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust

It does not matter what you know about anything if you cannot communicate to your people. In that event you are not even a failure. You're just not there.