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

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.

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.

What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

The only position for women in SNCC is prone.