Louis Farrakhan

Louis Farrakhan

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As an American religious leader (b. 1933), Louis Farrakhan contributed not just to their field but to the broader conversation about what it means to live well. With equal ease, Louis Farrakhan moved between Truth and Leadership, finding connections others missed. Browse 22 quotes by Louis Farrakhan that cover ground from Truth, Leadership, Hope, Good, and God. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences."

“Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.”

— Louis Farrakhan

Leadership

All Quotes by 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

Leadership

“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

Finance

“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

Truth

“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

God

“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

Hope

“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

“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

Leadership

“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

“They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.”

— Louis Farrakhan

Freedom

“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

Sad

“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

Good

“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

“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

Government

“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

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

— Louis Farrakhan

Family

“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

Peace

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

— Louis Farrakhan

Teacher