Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.

Negroes just can't judge each other according to color, because we are all colors, all complexions.

The only time the white man is brotherly toward you is when he can use you, when he can exploit you, when he will oppress you, when you will submit to him.

Most of the, or I should say many of the negro leaders actually suffer themselves from an inferiority complex even though they say they don't.

Stumbling is not falling.

[ Negro leaders] never let the white man know exactly what black people are thinking.