Stokely Carmichael Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.”

“A man is born free.”

“Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.”

“Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard put to distinguish them.”

“No man can given anybody his freedom.”

“We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.”

“We are revolutionaries.”

“So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.”

“I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.”