You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

Wyatt Walker can walk through Harlem. No one would know him.

Do something for yourself, and then you will be recognized by the entire world as a man who has done for himself what others have done for themselves.

I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being--neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.

You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.

The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.

A cat that's inside of your house that is angry and dissatisfied and hostile is more dangerous to you than a full-grown lion is on the outside.