I have lived those lines and I know that if I had not been apprehended I would have slit some white throats.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

But it is not that easy, is it? I seek a lasting relationship, something permanent in a world of change, in which all is transitory, ephemeral, and full of pain.

The paper tiger hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant image of themselves, is saying what many whites want desperately to hear reaffirmed: I am still the White Man, lord of the land, licensed to kill, and the world is still an empire at my feet.

You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.

With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world.

The myth of the strong black woman is the other side of the coin of the myth of the beautiful dumb blonde.