Many people in Harlem never go out of Harlem. I mean they'd never even been downtown. And you can see how this bitterness can accumulate. Here you see people crowded and hovered up in ghettos and slums with no hope.They see no way out.

The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.

[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems.

Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.

In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.