The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves.

Wealth is not the fruit of labor but the result of organized protected robbery.

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted.

[Educated blacks] Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. "You're us," and if anyone thinks you are a Negro he is mistaken, because you merely look like one.

Every race will have disagreements amongst themselves, but we must put aside our differences, and work together for the advancement of that race" Sandra Forsythe

Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.

The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country's cultural standards.