The worst man is the one who sees himself as the best.

Martin Luther King was bumped off unjustly, Adam Clayton Powell was bumped off unjustly, they took my title unjustly, they killed Megers Ever unjustly, all the integrators who love white folks, was unjustly kicked out of Washington, they've been deprived of education and poverty throughout the country.

Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

I just can't see myself with a man on the ropes and just to prove how bad I am - and I see in his eyes, his head, he's hopeless - and I'm just deliberately hitting. I don't do that.

I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years.

Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.