Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief - as well as injustice - to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.

My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.

Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.

Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.