I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

You can tell the tree by the fruit it bears. You see it through what the organization is delivering as far as a concrete program. If the tree's fruit sours or grows brackish, then the time has come to chop it down - bury it and walk over it and plant new seeds.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system.