The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong -- economically, defensively and morally -- we cannot afford the waste of having second- and third-class citizens.

A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.