During those long years in Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own life or experience. Not one i….

We have to realize our black heritage in order to give us strength to move on and progress. But as far as returning to the old African culture, it's ….

I think generally speaking, both people are trying to be free from the abuses of the white racist North American authorities. I think that's the one ….

There is a very strong socialist movement in Jamaica. I was in Jamaica years ago. All the talk, all day they talk politics. The literacy rate is very….

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism..

Existence is violent, I exist, therefore I'm violent. . . in that way..

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars..

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. If the guns are taken out of the hands of the people and only the pigs ….

We felt that the police needed a label, a label other than that fear image that they carried in the community. So we used the pig as the rather low-l….

I think it's wrong for North America in particular, the West in general to make a comparison between the economic situation in Cuba and the extraordi….

The United States is already antique..

What I'm really trying to say is that I believed an armed insurrection could work. After I was shot and went to prison, that ended that illusion. I h….

I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean de….

When I founded the party in 1966, I had just turned 24.And each year, no, not each year, each day I live I've gained new experiences. Now the critici….

I would like to add I'm innocent. I am not guilty..

I don't like to just talk of Africa, and south of the Sahara in general. No, I'll talk about the Third World in general. I'll like to say this - we i….

Revolutionary suicide does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite..

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people..

A rather honored guest of the Cuban government, so I wouldn't experience the problems. I think it would take a black Cuban to really articulate this ….

We always had a central committee. They were mesmerized by Eldridge Cleaver..

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws..