Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.
I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.