"My father was a white man. I mean, my mother was a black woman. And I am a black man. I don't care about my father, I care about my mother. And I care about my people."

"Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you got it, you can't be free."

"The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?"

"You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time."

"I've been here before and I'll come again, but I'm not going to leave without a fight."