We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

No sane black man really wants integration! No sane white man really wants integration!

I don't trust any white man who teaches Negroes to turn the other cheek or to be nonviolent, which means to be defenseless in the face of a very brutal, criminal enemy. No. That's my yardstick for measuring whites.

Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.

It has taken us that long to get the deaf, dumb, and blind black men in the wilderness of North America to wake up and understand who they are.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his.