Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard put to distinguish them.

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system

If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.

Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.