I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state.
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.
If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness. There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together.
To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness.
There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering devotee to His cause. For more than 30 years, I have been tormented and persecuted by my enemies for reasons of race and belief.
They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.
An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.
See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.
The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
No such thing as a Dixiecrat.
And understand: class differences will not save you.
In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American, the American Indian, and black people.
When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
