"It is only when a man is able to face his own death that he can face his own life."

"The greatest joy in life is to be able to tell the truth."

"I am not interested in being a symbol. I am interested in being a human being."

"I was not a Negro. I was a Black man. And my country is not a country. It is a state of mind."

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