"People who believe that they are white, and act on that belief, have to remain in a state of moral arrest."

"The world is before you, and you need not take it, or suffer it, as it is, but can remake it, and remake yourself."

"It is only when a man is able to give himself, that he can begin to live."

"When you're trying to destroy a human being, it's very important to tell him that he's a nigger."

"It is not a racial problem. It is a problem of the way in which people are treated."