We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.
Whitney M. YoungI am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.
Whitney M. YoungYou donโt get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didnโt shout โIrish Powerโ, โJew Powerโ, [or] โItalian Powerโ. They kept their mouths shut and took over the police department of New York City, and the mayorship of Boston.
Whitney M. Young