"It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a racial conflict of black against white, or as a purely American problem. Instead, we are today seeing a global rebellion of the oppresse…"

"The greatest prison where people live is the fear of what other people think."

"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 no revolution at all. It's a token revolution. It's a revolution of integration."

"I am a man of peace, but I believe in peace at any price, even the price of one's own life."