The free man is the man with no fears.

Black Americans are the only people in history who are for education instead of liberation. George Washington wasn't beating up on British for the right to open a college! The line isn't "Give me education or give me death."

Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.

The only thing I like about St. Louis is it has the best zoo in America, in Forest Park. Washington University is next door to the zoo. Animals get out, they're going to eat white people before they get to the ghetto!

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.

Audiences feel no hatred from me. Because I'm not bitter.

America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.