I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'

I wouldn't mind paying taxes... if I knew they were going to a friendly country

The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.

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?

It's cool to be healthy.

When you've got something really good, you don't have to force it on people. They will steal it!

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