"People who believe that they are white are not white. They are merely people who are trying to avoid the fact that they are human."

"All of us know, whether we say it or not, that life is a battle."

"You can't live in this country and be a black man and not be angry."

"The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in."

"The price one pays for refusing to be conscious is to remain a child."