huey p newton

“ ...I wanted freedom and possessions meant nonfreedom to me. ”

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

“ My opinion is that the term 'God' belongs to the realm of concepts, that it is dependant upon man for its existence. If God does not exist unless man exists, then man must be here to produce God. ”

“ There is an old African saying, 'I am we'. If you met an African in ancient times and them who he was, he would reply, 'I am we'. This is revolutionary suicide: I, we, all of us are the one and the multitude. ”

“ ...these brothers had the sense of harmony and communion I needed to maintain that part of myself not totally crushed by the schools and other authorities. ”

“ This country especially does not know what to do with its young Black men. ”

“ ...It's hard to get the masses of people to believe or accept that a socialist government will relieve them of most of the problems. ”

“ ...I wanted most of all to before from the life of a servant forced to take those low-paying jobs and looked at with scorn by white bosses. ”

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

“ Looking back, I see that my friends and I were all in the same boat- heading for hell on earth and trying to reach heaven in church. ”