1. “No man can give anybody his freedom.”
2. “Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.”
3. “The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.”
4. “We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.”
5. “The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.”
6. “Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.”
7. “An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.”
8. “One does no fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.”
9. “Now, them, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.”
10. “Seems to me that institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they’re built upon racism.”
11. “There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.”
12. “A man is born free.”
13. “The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.”
14. “Our grandfathers ha to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.”
15. “The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.”
