We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living. If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, brethren! Be careful, teachers!

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

It's not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.

Make your way to death row and speak with the tragic victims of criminality. As they prepare to make their pathetic walk to the electric chair, their hopeless cry is that society will not forgive. Capital punishment is society's final assertion that it will not forgive.

I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.

I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.