My wife and I went to jail in Selma. The difference when I was back there recently? White folks? No. Black folks who were not scared. I was behind the president this time. When I was a little boy and ran around with trifling dudes, I was the only one scared of dogs. And I was bitten 14 times! Dogs smell scared. And that's the same thing with people: 50 years ago they smelled fear. There was no fear this time.

There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.

I chose to be an agitator. And there's one interesting thing about being an agitator - and I tell people - the next time you put your underwear in the washing machine, take the agitator out, and all you're going to end up with is some dirty, wet drawers.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted.

Pets are found to suffer from all the ailments known to the human.

A Klaner KKK is a cat who gets out of bed in the middle of the night and takes his sheet with him.