Because as a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us.
There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.
Many of the Jews who owned the homes, the apartments in the black community, we considered them bloodsuckers because they took from our community and built their community but didn't offer anything back to our community.
Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests.
Not that I regret saying what I believed to be the truth, but I regret anything that I might have written or spoken that could have been used in a way to help to foster that atmosphere out of which came the loss of life of Brother Malcolm.
Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.
Qaddafi is hated because he is the leader of a small country that is rich, but he uses his money to finance liberation struggles.
So, this war is against the Islam that the West does not control.
The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.
And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man.
I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm.
There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.
They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.
They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.