"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."

"My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity."

"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."

"Nonviolence is fine as long as it works."

"Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power."

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against."

"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

"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."

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."

"Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world."

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."

"I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence."

"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it."

"I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence."

"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."

"Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression."

"If you have no critics you'll likely have no success."

"You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being."

"In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure."

"The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God."

"Truth is on the side of the oppressed."

"You can't legislate good will - that comes through education."

"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."

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."