What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly.

If all I get is a little controversy for speaking the truth, if I did less, I would not be worth living.

Bill [Clinton] is every bit as black as Barack. He's probably gone with more black women than Barack.

Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.

It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.

The Soviet Union is going to have a human-rights explosion. You'll have hundreds of thousands of dissidents.