Stokely Carmichael

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of people is an act of rebellion."

"We are going to initiate a plan to get rid of every Black man and woman in this country."

"Don't beg for your rights, take them."

"Black is beautiful."

"We must begin to tell the truth. Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"Integration is a man who wants to live in the white community. He is willing to move out of his ghetto in order to live near white people."

"The most important thing is for us to recognize our humanity and each other's humanity."

"We are a people. We are a nation. We must act like a nation."

"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions."

"Institutions themselves are based on racism."

"The culture of the black community must be preserved."

"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice."

"What we're talking about is the necessity for black people as a group to define our own reality."

"I am not going to beg the white man for anything that belongs to me."

"Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny."

"Education is the most important tool we have."

"We need to control the institutions that exist in our community."

"History is not something we inherit; it is something we create."

"The question is not whether white people are superior or inferior to black people; the question is whether we're going to live like free people."

"Violence is as American as cherry pie."

"We teach the white people the way to deal with us is to deal with us firm."

"One cannot be human alone."

"The mind of the oppressor is not the mind we should consult in our liberation."

"We must create institutions of our own if we are to survive as a people."

"Negritude, my friend, is not a thing, it's a state of mind."

"I am a revolutionary and I am not ashamed of it."

"We don't have any choice but to fight for our rights."

"The question becomes, then, how do we educate our people?"

"Black people must reclaim their identity and their power."

"Every nation in Africa has been imperialized."