Huey Newton

I think the basis - the foundation - has already been laid for a society where people will work together and enjoy…

— Huey Newton

When I founded the party in 1966, I had just turned 24.And each year, no, not each year, each day I live…

— Huey Newton

Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in…

— Huey Newton

You can Jail a Revolutionary but you can't jail the Revolution. You can run a freedom fighter around the country, but you…

— Huey Newton

The United States can hide behind a facade simply because it is sucking the blood of other people...The Third World people: Africa,…

— Huey Newton

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

— Huey Newton

“‎"revolutionary suicide does not mean that i and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. we have such…

— Huey Newton

I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very…

— Huey Newton

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. If the guns are taken out of the…

— Huey Newton

The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality and torture of black people, or…

— Huey Newton

We have to realize our black heritage in order to give us strength to move on and progress. But as far as…

— Huey Newton

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. I wanted my death to be something the people could…

— Huey Newton

I think generally speaking, both people are trying to be free from the abuses of the white racist North American authorities. I…

— Huey Newton

We were trying to increase the conflict that was already happening... we felt that we would take the conflict to so high…

— Huey Newton

I worked in the mechanical factories repairing cement trucks. The Cuban government wanted me to work in the university as a teacher…

— Huey Newton

I am very happy here [on Cuba], but I feel I have work to do in the United States. It's where I…

— Huey Newton

By surrendering my life to the revolution, I found eternal life

— Huey Newton

IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are…

— Huey Newton

I wanted to leave high school in 1958 and join the Cuban revolution. So the only reason I did not come to…

— Huey Newton

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

— Huey Newton

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

— Huey Newton

I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment, which goes on exploiting the…

— Huey Newton

Institutions work this way. A son is murdered by the police, and nothing is done. The institutions send the victim's family on…

— Huey Newton

I think it's wrong for North America in particular, the West in general to make a comparison between the economic situation in…

— Huey Newton

I don't want people to think he [Eldridge Cleaver] is so important - our party is important because our party works for…

— Huey Newton