"When people like me, they like me “in spite of my color.” When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my color. Either way, I am locked in to the infernal circle."

"The black man is not. Any more than the white man."

"Violence alone, perpetrated by the people, violence organized and educated by its leaders, makes it possible for the masses to understand social truths and gives the key to them."

"The black man is a man of inferiority."

"Imperialism leaves behind it, here and there, little clusters of Europeans who, living in an unreal way, begin to feel the need of a fictive superstructure which conceals their alienation."