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" 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. "

H. Rap Brown

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" The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him. "

" Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions. "

" If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down. "

" The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty. "

" There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others. "

" So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves. "

" 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. "

" They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class. "

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" 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. "

" There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant. "

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" You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize. "

" See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" Look at the newborn baby. It struggles to breathe after living in the womb. And yet, growth comes as a result of struggle. Even when we talk about jihad. We need to attach consciousness to struggle. This struggle has to be both individual and collective. "

" The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder. "

" The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other. "

" We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in. "

" But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down. "

" Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. "

" One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty. "

" Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized. "

" Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics. "

" See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy. "

" And understand: class differences will not save you. "

" When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society. "