We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

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.

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

The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

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