It must be remembered that in those great days I was considered to be an "integrationist" - this was never, quite, my own idea of myself - and Malcolm was considered to be a "racist in reverse." This formulation, in terms of power - and power is the arena in which racism is acted out - means absolutely nothing: it may even be described as a cowardly formulation. The powerless, by definition, can never be "racists," for they can never make the world pay for what they feel or fear except by the suicidal endeavor which makes them fanatics or revolutionaries, or both.

All art is a kind of confession.

The real victim of bigotry is the white man who hides his weakness under his myth of superiority.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

You took the best, so why not take the rest?

Whoever debases others is debasing himself.