Whoever is standing up telling the white man that his position is unjust and that the black people should not have to wait for any Supreme Court, Congress or Senate to legislate, or even the president to issue any kind of - of a proclamation to better the condition of our people, if a N - if he - if a, if a Negro leader is standing up, making that point clear, then he's all right with us.

The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you'll get action.

The separating of a section of America for Afro- Americans is similar to expecting a heaven in the sky somewhere after you die.

The whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the wall and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth.

History is not hatred.

We don't think that we're begging for anything. We think we're demanding what is ours by right.

You can always chase a dream but it will not count if you never catch it.