Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make.

To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.

Jazz speaks for life. This is triumphant music.

The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. It destroys communities and makes humanity impossible. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers... In winning our freedom, we will so appeal to you heart and conscience that we will win you in the process.