Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church.

We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.

The first thing that has to happen is the protection of voting rights and registration.

You can't teach what you don't know. And you can't lead where you don't go.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.