I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice. Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love - that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.

Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?

When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.

People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race. It would be a good thing if all people were treated equally and justly and not be discriminated against because of race or religion or anything that makes them different from others.