Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.
In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy
Power is the flower of organization.
It's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest.
We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and democracy is not the gift of gods. It is the task of men, yes, men, brave men, honest men, determined men.