Greatness is largely a social accident, and almost always socially supported.

Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.

There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

Greatness is largely a social accident, and almost always socially supported.

We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force.

When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. . . . Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.