H. Rap Brown

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“No such thing as a Dixiecrat.”

“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. There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together.”

“Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.”

“There is no such thing as a black middle class.”

“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.”

“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!”