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

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.

Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.

What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair?

In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.

I am one of the funniest people on the planet.

I would have painted the White House black. I would have!