Dream big dreams! Others may deprive you of your material wealth and cheat you in a thousand ways, but no man can deprive you of the control and use of your imagination. Men may deal with you unfairly, as men often do; they may deprive you of your liberty; but they cannot take from you the privilege of using your imagination. In your imagination you always win!

In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe's development.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.

Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.

If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.

The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.