Huey Newton Quotes

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

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

I know sociologically that words, the power of the word, words stigmatize people.

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

By surrendering my life to the revolution, I found eternal life

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment, which goes on exploiting the wretched of the earth.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very good way .

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!

I would like to add I'm innocent. I am not guilty.

I had a lot of time and the first year I was in prison, I tried to get the party to stop the shooting, to stop the talk about the gun thing.

The United States is already antique.

We've never advocated violence; violence is inflicted upon us. But we do believe in self-defense for ourselves and for black people.

I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people.

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

Revolutionary suicide does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite.

To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea.

You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.

The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

You can only die once, so do not die a thousand times worrying about it.

The neighbors were more than neighbors [on Cuba]. They were like part of the family.

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment.

When I was in the penitentiary after being accused of killing a policeman, I was more in the system in the penitentiary than ever.

We always had a central committee. They were mesmerized by Eldridge Cleaver.

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

The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism.

There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.