Louis Farrakhan Sr., formerly known as Louis X, is an American minister and political activist. Profoundly inspirational Louis Farrakhan quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
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Famous Louis Farrakhan Quotes
There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth. Louis Farrakhan
Work hard to discover your gift and you will never envy or hate another human being who is manifesting theirs. Louis Farrakhan
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
The white man is our mortal enemy, and we cannot accept him. I will fight to see that vicious beast go down into the lake of fire prepared for him from the beginning, that he never rise again to give any innocent black man, woman or child the hell that he has delighted in pouring on us for 400 years. Louis Farrakhan
Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another. Louis Farrakhan
So unless we come together as a people and stop our foolish beefing among each other, sit down like intelligent men and women and settle the things that divide us from each other, then come together like a solid wall and we could make something happen. Louis Farrakhan
Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy. Louis Farrakhan
There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth. Louis Farrakhan
You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil. Louis Farrakhan
God will destroy America by the hands of the Muslims. God will not give Japan or Europe the honor of bringing down the United States; this is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims. Louis Farrakhan
If we don’t make earnest moves toward real solutions, then each day we move one day closer to revolution and anarchy in this country. This is the sad, and yet potentially joyous, state of America. Louis Farrakhan
I’m not trying to put our women on a pedestal that they don’t deserve to be on. No man is a man without a woman It’s a woman that helps the man to be a man. Louis Farrakhan
They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher. Louis Farrakhan
When your mind is focused and made up you don’t make excuses. You try. If you fail you try again. Louis Farrakhan
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
A woman will test you to see if you are what you say you are. Any woman that you fall in love with She loves you too, but she’s going to try you; that’s her nature. She has to know that she can depend on you; she has to know that you will stand up for her. She has to know that you will back up the children that she brings in the world for us. Louis Farrakhan
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
The Jews don’t like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that’s a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He wasn’t a great man for me as a black person, but he was a great German. Now, I’m not proud of Hitler’s evils against Jewish people, but that’s a matter of record. He raised Germany up from nothing. Well, in a sense you could say there’s a similarity in that we are raising our people up from nothing. Louis Farrakhan
I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm. Louis Farrakhan
White people are potential humans they haven’t evolved yet. Louis Farrakhan
It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people. Louis Farrakhan
We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people. Louis Farrakhan
I think that ego driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired. Louis Farrakhan
Never exalt people because they’re in your family; never exalt people because they’re your color; never exalt people because they’re your kinfolk. Exalt them because they’re worthy. Louis Farrakhan
I don’t think about my legacy, if indeed, I have one. Louis Farrakhan
The people are drugged with religion; and that’s why the elites who understand that it is just a ritual, and understand the truth of it but won’t teach the truth of it to awaken the masses of the people so, the leaders live in luxury at the expense of the weak, at the expense of the poor. Louis Farrakhan
We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people. Louis Farrakhan
You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil. Louis Farrakhan
White people are potential humans they haven’t evolved yet. Louis Farrakhan
The suffering of our people is greater than our differences. We are not yet free at last, so there is work to be done. Louis Farrakhan
Anarchy may await America, due to the daily injustices suffered by the people. Louis Farrakhan
A wise man who has the moment in his hand should not let that moment slip. Louis Farrakhan
Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far. Louis Farrakhan
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said when the children of Israel rebelled against Moses and Aaron and did not want to leave their slavemaster to build an independent nation of their own under the guidance of God, God chastised them with fiery serpents and cockatrices. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad asked me one day, do you know what it means fiery serpents? I said, no sir. He said, It means angry White people. Louis Farrakhan
I don’t own Hollywood. Louis Farrakhan
Murder and lying comes easy for white people. Louis Farrakhan
America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed. Louis Farrakhan
He who gives you the diameter of your knowledge,presc ribes the circumference of your activities. Louis Farrakhan
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
They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters. Louis Farrakhan
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
Every Cuban has a house to live in, no matter how meager. That house is provided by government. Every Cuban who gets sick can go to a doctor or a hospital and get medical attention while 45 million Americans don’t have medical insurance. Every Cuban can get education from the kindergarten through college and they don’t have to pay. What is Castro doing that we might benefit from if we are not too arrogant and falsely proud to see what he is doing in a small nation and what we have not been able to do or not been willing to do in the greatest nation on the earth? Louis Farrakhan
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
White people are getting more and more angry every day, Donald Trump was elected that the mask of civility like an onion peeling is being peeled off. Now naked hatred, not only in word but in deed, is being openly shown to us. Louis Farrakhan
I think that rather than condemning Islam, Islam needs to be studied by those who are sincere. Louis Farrakhan
I am giving them a Warning and a Guidance from God to help them to do that which will save America. And I warn them that these calamities are going to increase now in severity so America might humble herself to that call of God to let the Black man and woman go. It is the time that we should separate to go free and that America should provide us with land and implements that would allow us to build a future for ourselves for they have proved to be disagreeable to live with in peace. Louis Farrakhan
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
A decree of death has been passed on America. The judgment of God has been rendered, and she must be destroyed. Louis Farrakhan
Because as a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us. Louis Farrakhan
President Barack Obama couldn’t bring everything into existence through Congress. Because from the day that he was elected president of the United States, the United States Congress, many of the Republicans met, and they declared that they would never allow his legislative program to succeed. And for eight years they fought him. Louis Farrakhan
The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity. Louis Farrakhan
Most presidents have been controlled by forces that control money and special interests. When Donald Trump refused their money, he refused their control. This made him dangerous. Louis Farrakhan
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
Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far. Louis Farrakhan
I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten 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
These false Jews promote the filth of Hollywood that is seeding the American people and the people of the world and bringing you down in moral strength. It’s the wicked Jews, the false Jews, that are promoting lesbianism, homosexuality. It’s the wicked Jews, false Jews, that make it a crime for you to preach the word of God, then they call you homophobic! Louis Farrakhan
Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests. Louis Farrakhan
A man that doesn’t have a woman doesn’t know if he is one a man. Louis Farrakhan
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
Now that nation called Israel, never has had any peace in forty years and she will never have any peace because there can never be any peace structured on injustice, thievery, lying and deceit and using the name of God to shield your dirty religion under His holy and righteous name. Louis Farrakhan
They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters. Louis Farrakhan
America must be burned! America is no good at all. Louis Farrakhan
I hope that five years and ten 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
If we can reform the man and make him a better man and a God fearing man, then we have a chance, we believe, to build a better world. Louis Farrakhan
I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences. Louis Farrakhan
You can’t prevent World War III. You don’t have any juice. In fact, World War III will free you. Your time has come. Louis Farrakhan
A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences. Louis Farrakhan
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
So, this war is against the Islam that the West does not control. Louis Farrakhan
Let the Black man go stop lying to us that you love us. And if you really love us, let us go and give us some of this territory that we can call our own; and give us the billions of dollars that we can get started with land and with tractors and the things that will make us an independent nation. Louis Farrakhan
I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can’t adequately describe. Louis Farrakhan
When God gives you a door, if you want access, you go through that door. People didn’t like Jesus. Oh, they had all kind of reasons to hate him but Jesus said, I am the door. Any man who enters must come by me. If you don’t come by me, he said, you’re a thief and a robber. Well, if Omarosa Manigault is the door to Donald Trump, well I kind of like that door. That’s a pretty door. That’s an intelligent door. That’s a spiritually rooted door. Louis Farrakhan
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
Our lips are full of praise, but our hearts are far removed from the prophets we all claim. That’s why the world is in the shape that it’s in. Louis Farrakhan
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
It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people. Louis Farrakhan
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
The seal and the constitution, reflects the thinking of the founding fathers that this was to be a nation by white people, and for white people. Native Americans, Blacks, and all other non white people, were to be the burden bearers for the real citizens of this nation. Louis Farrakhan
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
First thing we have to do is recognize the time. We’re at the end of the time of the White world to dominate Black people and Original People all over the planet.Can’t you see that the God of justice is whipping the hell out of America with the storms, with floods, with hell, with hurricanes, with tornadoes; can’t you see that things are happening? The clouds of war are gathering. Donald Trump is the right man in the right place in the White House for White people at the time of the end of their power to rule over us. He’s going to bring it on. Louis Farrakhan
I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States, they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government. Louis Farrakhan
I want to deal with the truth and a proper education that will not allow us to be educated and then come out and beg another man for a job when you should be creating a job for yourself. Louis Farrakhan
There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth. Louis Farrakhan
Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another. Louis Farrakhan
Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far. Louis Farrakhan
The Million Man March, in one day, helped to defeat all of the evil propaganda spread about Black men throughout the world. Louis Farrakhan
The Jews don’t like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that’s a good name. Hitler was a very great man. Louis Farrakhan
We’ve got to set up in our own community our scientists and scholars that can check what is going into our people. Louis Farrakhan
America must be burned! America is no good at all. Louis Farrakhan
The enemy has always been able to point the finger of suspicion and or guilt to Black leaders that they are enriching themselves at the expense of the people. Louis Farrakhan
They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters. Louis Farrakhan
As long as we see America and her wealth as something that we want, we will never leave Pharaoh. As God’s hand touched the wealth of Pharaoh, it is now touching the wealth of America. As the Black man and woman become more awakened to the wicked machinations of government, the aim is the same today We should never be free of their influence and power. Louis Farrakhan
A decree of death has been passed on America. The judgment of God has been rendered, and she must be destroyed. Louis Farrakhan
