The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.

In my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of our toil, to give our children every opportunity in life--that dream which we have held so long in our hearts is today the destiny that we hold in our hands.

Freedom is a hard-bought thing.

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth.