The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do?

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

To realise our dreams we must decide to wake up.

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

Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.

The old Catholic parties hounded me with a Christian hatred from station to station, city to city, one stage to another.

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.