Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

Betty's a good Muslim woman and wife. I don't imagine many other women might put up with the way I am. Awakening this brainwashed black man and telling this arrogant, devilish white man the truth about himself, Betty understands, is a full-time job

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

I might add how in the world can you say, or can anyone say, that it will dignify the American Negro to beg in or wade [?] in or plead in when the people in Hungary didn't beg in? They were freedom fighters. And they fought for their freedom.

Most of the negro leaders who get the support of the power structure end up being against [Reverend] Galamison.

Always that "if" was there, which meant that the one who was doomed could avoid the doom if he would change his way of behaving.

It’s just like when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong. What you do? You integrate it with cream; you make it weak. If you pour too much cream in, you won’t even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it’ll put you to sleep.