If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

To tell a woman not to talk too much was like telling Jesse James not to carry a gun, or a hen not to cackle.

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

The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

The white man has created a devil, to bring chaos upon this earth.

Once he [Negro] realizes that [he is at war ], then he can defend himself.

Any time you put too many sparks around a powder keg, the thing is going to explode, and if the things that explodes is still inside the house, then the house will be destroyed.