No such thing as a Dixiecrat.

To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness.

We talking about revolution because that’s the era that you’re caught in.

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we’re making progress; but Huey’s chair’s empty.

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.

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!

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

I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America’s culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free, by any means necessary.

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

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.