“The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.”

“‎"revolutionary suicide does not mean that i and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. we have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible. when reactionary forces crush us, we must move against these forces, even at the risk of death.”

“If you stop struggling, then you stop life.”

“I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.”

“Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.”

“My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.”

“Existence is violent, I exist, therefore I'm violent. . . in that way.”