A man curses because he doesnt have the words to say whats on his mind — Malcolm X (film)

"A Muslim must be strikingly upright; an outstanding example so that those in the darkness can see the power of the light."

"If the so-called Negro were American citizens we wouldnt have a race problem. If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldnt have a race problem. If the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution was authentic, you wouldnt have a race problem. If the Supreme Court desegregation decision was authentic, you wouldnt have a race problem. All of this is hypocrisy. These Negro leaders have been telling the white man everything is all right, everything is under control. And theyve been telling the white man that Mr. Muhammad is wrong, dont listen to him. But everything Mr. Muhammad has been saying is going to come to pass is now coming to pass and now the Negro leaders are standing up saying that we are about to have a racial explosion. Were going to have a racial explosion and thats more dangerous than an atomic explosion. Its going to explode because black people are dissatisfied. Theyre dissatisfied now not only with the white man, but with these Negroes who have been sitting around here posing as leaders and spokesmen for black people. Anytime you put too many sparks around a powder keg, the thing is going to explode and if the thing that explodes is still inside the house, then the house will be destroyed. So the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is telling the white man get this powder keg out of your house, let the black people in this country separate from him while theres still time. And if the black man is allowed to separate and go on onto some land of his own, where he can solve his problems, then there wont be any explosion. Complete separation is the only solution to the black and white problem in this country!"

"Delroy Lindo - West Indian Archie"

"I must emphasize at the outstart that the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is not a politician. So Im not here this afternoon as a Republican, nor as a Democrat; not as a Mason, nor as an Elk; not as a Protestant, nor a Catholic; not as a Christian, nor a Jew; not as a Baptist, nor a Methodist. In fact, not even as an American, because if I was an American, the problem that confronts our people today wouldnt even exist. So I have to stand here today as what I was when I was born: a black man. Before there was any such thing as a Republican or a Democrat, we were black. Before there was any such thing as a Mason or an Elk, we were black. Before there was any such thing as a Jew or a Christian, we were black people! In fact, before there was any such place as America, we were black! And after America has long passed from the scene, there will still be black people.Im gonna tell you like it really is. Every election year these politicians are sent up here to pacify us! Theyre sent here and setup here by the White Man! This is what they do! They send drugs in Harlem down here to pacify us! They send alcohol down here to pacify us! They send prostitution down here to pacify us! Why you cant even get drugs in Harlem without the White Mans permission! You cant get prostitution in Harlem without the White Mans permission! You cant get gambling in Harlem without the White Mans permission! Every time you break the seal on that liquor bottle, thats a Government seal that youre breaking! Oh, I say and I say it again, ya been had! Ya been took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Led astray! Run amok! This is what He does."

"To understand this man -- [points at a Negro Panelist] you must know that historically there are two kinds of slaves. House Negroes and Field Negroes. The house Negro lived in the big house; he dressed pretty good; he ate pretty good and he loved the master. Yeah, he loved him more than the master loved himself. If the masters house caught fire, hed be the first to put the blaze out. If the master got sick, hed say: "Whats a matter, boss; we sick?" We sick! If someone said to him, "Lets run away and escape. Lets separate." Hed say, "Man, are you crazy? Whats better than what I got here?" That was the House Negro. In those days he was called the House Nigger. Well, thats what we call them today because we still got a lot of House Niggers running around."

"Al Freeman, Jr. - Elijah Muhammad"