Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.

Rioting is not revolutionary.

Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.

Evil must be attacked by. . . the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.

For you will never be what you ought to be until they [your fellow humans] are what they ought to be.

There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all across this nation. And I welcome this as a marvelous development. The Negro of America is saying he's determined to be free and he is militant enough to stand up.