Louis Farrakhan

Activist

39 Quotes

They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.

They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

Not that I regret saying what I believed to be the truth, but I regret anything that I might have written or spoken that could have been used in a way to help to foster that atmosphere out of which came the loss of life of Brother Malcolm.

I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people.

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States, they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government.

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.

As a result of that, America desires a moderate Islam; an Islam that America can control; an Islam that America can give direction to and give orders to its leaders.

I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm.

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.

Could it be that my circle is largely black and that it is why I am influential in black circles but not in white circles?

Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy.

I think that ego-driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired.

White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet.

Qaddafi is hated because he is the leader of a small country that is rich, but he uses his money to finance liberation struggles.

And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

But if I thought on it, I would like to be remembered as a brother who loved his people and did everything that I knew to fight for them, the liberation of our people.

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