I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes.

If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem.

You don't disarm any white community by confining yourself to any particular method. If you want freedom, then you should get freedom like Patrick Henry said, by whatever method is necessary.

My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.

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.

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

Men who are proud of being black marry black women; women who are proud of being black marry black men.