I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic.

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.

It's just as evil to kill Vietnamese as it is to kill Americans.

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.

We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.