Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment.
Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.
I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.
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 defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.
I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.
I suggested [in 1966] that we use the panther as our symbol and call our political vehicle the Black Panther Party. The panther is a fierce animal, but he will not attack until he is backed into a corner; then he will strike out.
I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.
If you stop struggling, then you stop life.
My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.
Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.
The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.
The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism.
The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.
The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.
There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.