The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.
Huey Newton

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.
Huey Newton

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.
Huey Newton

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.
Huey Newton

You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.
Huey Newton

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.
Huey Newton

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.
Huey Newton

I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.
Huey Newton