Stokely Carmichael

"My fight is not against white people. My fight is against the system that uses white people to oppress me."

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

"Self-determination means that if you are black, you determine your own destiny."

"This country is not going to change unless we make it change."

"We need to understand that we have the power within ourselves to define reality."

"The problem is not that black people are not intelligent. The problem is that we are not given the opportunity."

"Anger is a productive force when it is channeled correctly."

"We must stop apologizing for who we are and start demanding respect."

"The capitalist system was built on the backs of our people."

"You cannot segregate a race any longer once it is aroused."

"Real power is in the community. Real power is with the people."

"We don't need to integrate. We need to cooperate on the basis of equality."

"To hell with the traditions of oppression. We are going to create new traditions."

"The most important thing that we as a people must understand is that we have the power."

"We are fighting for our humanity, not for integration."

"America has not had the courage to truly face its racist past."

"Our people have been taught to hate themselves and love their oppressors."

"We need to reclaim our history and our identity."

"The ability to read is the ability to free yourself from oppression."

"We must begin to tell the truth now, start to fight now, in any way we can."

"Don't apologize for who you are. Your blackness is not a burden."

"A man is not a man if he is afraid to stand up for what he believes in."

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good."

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."

"Our people have to understand that we're the only ones who can free us from bondage."

"Before a man can change his society, he must change himself."

"Power is the ability to define phenomena and make it act the way you want it to act."

"You cannot negotiate with those who refuse to negotiate with you."

"The struggle we're engaged in will determine not only the fate of our people but the fate of the world."

"Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world."