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American - Activist Born: May 11, 1933

I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe.

Louis Farrakhan

Love Loved Describe Muhammad

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

Louis Farrakhan

Man Black Free Stand

Not that I regret saying what I believed to be the truth, but I regret anything that I might have written or spoken that could have been used in a way to help to foster that atmosphere out of which came the loss of life of Brother Malcolm.

Louis Farrakhan

Life Truth Regret Way

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.

Louis Farrakhan

Death God Man Confidence

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.

Louis Farrakhan

Me Believe Nation New

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

Louis Farrakhan

Never Anything Early Assassination

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

Louis Farrakhan

People Nation Meetings Islam

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

Louis Farrakhan

Family Go I Am Will

Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife.

Louis Farrakhan

God Today Women Wife

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.

Louis Farrakhan

Good Hope Man Humanity

Top 10
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I don't think about my legacy, if indeed, I have one.

Louis Farrakhan

Think Legacy About Indeed

But if I thought on it, I would like to be remembered as a brother who loved his people and did everything that I knew to fight for them, the liberation of our people.

Louis Farrakhan

People Fight Who Brother

A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences.

Louis Farrakhan

Struggle Who Brother Differences

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

Louis Farrakhan

Money Country Finance Rich

They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

Louis Farrakhan

Freedom Call Them Terrorists

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.

Louis Farrakhan

War America Turn President

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

Louis Farrakhan

War Control Islam Against

The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.

Louis Farrakhan

Desire See Islam Purity

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.

Louis Farrakhan

Result Direction America Control

America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.

Louis Farrakhan

Will America Always She

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.

Louis Farrakhan

Black Way Right Present

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

Louis Farrakhan

People Understanding Everything He

They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.

Louis Farrakhan

Me Teacher I Am Spiritual

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

Louis Farrakhan

Goals See Who Progressive

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?

Louis Farrakhan

Black I Am White Circle

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

Louis Farrakhan

Think Who Islam Sincere

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