Louis Farrakhan Quotes

They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people's revolution, complete with the programs, complete with the unity, complete with the working coalitions, where we crossed racial lines.

I always emphasize the historic role of people of color in organizing and protesting to achieve justice.

Movements are not radical. Movements are the American way. A small group of abolitionists writing and speaking eventually led to the end of slavery. A few stirred-up women brought about women's voting. The Populist movement, the Progressive movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women's movement - the examples go on and on of 'little people' getting together and telling the truth about their lives. They made our government act.

When we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a power no government can suppress.

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.

I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

I don't think that a woman in politics exists or thrives on her own.

Women were really the backbone of the civil rights movement, although the leadership was predominantly male. At the rallies, the audience was women and children. The platform was predominantly men.

Part of organizing is that we’re not all going to be marching in the same rhythm. It’s messy, and that’s the beauty of it.

Our Revolution has been the keeper of the flame doing the vital work of building a grassroots movement that leverages the people's agenda.

When you are organizing a group of people, the first thing that we do is we talk about the history of what other people have been able to accomplish - people that look like them, workers like them, ordinary people, working people - and we give them the list: these are people like yourself; this is what they were able to do in their community.

The essence of Ferguson is the spirit of the people, and I'm so happy to see the spirit because I haven't seen it like that since the Civil Rights Movement.

We will continue to organize. You have seen consistent organizing since the Women's March on Washington in every corner of this country.

I remember watching the first Million Man March as a kid, and I always knew that if I got a chance to go to one, I would go.

More women need to stick together.

All women are feminists, whether they know it or not.

It is time to stop waiting for someone to save us. It is time to face the truth of our situation - that we're all in this together, that we all have a voice - and figure out how to mobilize the hearts and minds of everyone in our workplaces and communities.

I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like this any more.

I was very proud to be part of the Million Man March. I think it's one of the best things that I ever did.

Perhaps...I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself--a Black woman warrior poet doing my work--come to ask you, are you doing yours?

Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.

The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.

THE MORE PEOPLE YOU HELP BECOME SUCCESSFUL, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL YOU BECOME.

Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.