When I went south in the 1960s, I knew I could die. If I went down there and did what I did up in Chicago and made all of those hatin' white folks laugh, then I would have been defeated.

If you take 12 waters from the coconut - not the ones you buy in the store, although that's good - but the fresh coconuts, the little brown ones with the three eyes, if you take 12 of those within 24 hours, your blood will go back to the way it was when you were born.

Don't have a high school diploma? You're in my Cabinet. Why? For 200 years, a lot of Cabinets have existed in our government. Powerful men. Well-educated. So let's try something totally new.

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in the fabric.

People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.