"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds."

"My father was a white man. I mean, my mother was a black woman. And I am a black man. I don't care about my father, I care about my mother. And I care about my people."

"If you're white and you're wrong, then you're wrong; if you're black and you're wrong, you're wrong. People are people."

"Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction."

"Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but it's everything in between that makes it all worth living."