I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural.

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

The white imagination is sure something when it comes to blacks.

You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.

He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something.

Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.