The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.

... I see the country going fascist. We have been going that route a long, long time. A lot of things the country has done from its inception were fascist. But now, now I think we are in the face of a terrible fascist dictatorship.

Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth.

Racism is so extreme and so pervasive in our American society that no black individual lives in an atmosphere of freedom.

When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Love stretches your heart and makes you big inside.