Quotes By Louis Farrakhan

Because as a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us.

The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man.

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.

But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out.

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.

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

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.

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.

Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests.

They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

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

What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Iraq was to turn even his allies in Europe negatively toward America.

The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, such a man, is worthy of death, and it would have been so, were it not for Muhammad's confidence that God would give him the victory over the enemies.

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.

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

I don't own Hollywood.

Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.

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

Everything that I'm attempting to do is based on my understanding of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what he wanted for his people.

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?

I think that rather than condemning Islam, Islam needs to be studied by those who are sincere.

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

So, this war is against the Islam that the West does not control.

I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences.

However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and the new Nation of Islam that has come up around me.

Many of the Jews who owned the homes, the apartments in the black community, we considered them bloodsuckers because they took from our community and built their community but didn't offer anything back to our community.

Anarchy may await America, due to the daily injustices suffered by the people.

I don't think about my legacy, if indeed, I have one.

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