America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution.

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

The 22 million or 30 million, whatever the case may be, Afro-Americans in the United States were still Africans.

No, I’m not an American. I’m one of the 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. One of the … victims of democracy, nothing but disguised hypocrisy. So, I’m not standing here speaking to you as an American, or a patriot, or a flag-saluter, or a flag-waver - no, not I. I’m speaking as a victim of this American system. And I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.

When you mentioned something about self improvement, the implication is that the negro is something distinct or different, and, therefore, needs to learn how to improve himself. Negro leaders resent this being said, not because they don't know that it's true, but they're thinking, they're looking at it personally. They think that the implication is directed even at them, and that they, and they duck this responsibility.

When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.

Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor.