The Black Panther Party Of Self-defense Is

A People Who Have Suffered So Much For So Long At Hands Of A Racist Society Must Draw The Line Somewhere.... The Black Communities Of America Must Rise Up As One Man To Halt The Progression Of A Trend That Leads Inevitably To Their Total Destruction.

I Have Quite A Few Good Friends In Philadelphia Who Were Police Officers.

All I Did In Chicago Was To Exercise My Legal Right To Speak On My Own Behalf And I Was Given Four Years In Jail As A Result. But I Think The Most Serious Injustice Perpetrated By The Court System In America Is The Inability Of A Black Man To Get A Jury Of His Peers.

There's Nothing Wrong With Being A Cop. There's Nothing Wrong With Being A White Person. It's About Where Your Heart Is...we've Got To Get Everyone Beyond The Xenophobic Isolationism.

Our Position Was: If You Don't Attack Us, There Won't Be Any Violence; If You Bring Violence To Us, We Will Defend Ourselves.