There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success.

I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.

Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities, who rob our businesses and undermine our economy, who ply their destructive trade in drugs in our schools, and who do violence against our women and children.

It enables me to go to bed with an enriching feeling in my soul and the belief that I am changing myself.

To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.

The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk

I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.