The course of history can be changed but not halted.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom or the words that might inspire hope and courage in the face of fear. My weapons are peaceful, for it is only by peace that peace can be attained. The song of freedom must prevail.

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.

With Othello, Shakespeare posed this problem of a black man in a white society in the role that he's playing. And Shakespeare gave Othello such dignity - he came not from - as he said - not from hate but from honor, from a sense of his own human dignity. And to me, to my mind, there could be no greater character played.

As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the forward march of humanity