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

The NAACP is a wonderful organization . . . But do you realize if tomorrow morning we had complete integration, all them cats would be outta work?

If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.

If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can justify the conditions of the ghetto. I cannot justify either one.

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