For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.

Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.

Wealth is not the fruit of labor but the result of organized protected robbery.

Violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect

Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.

A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves.

What matters is not to know the world but to change it.

To educate the masses politically is to make the totality of the nation a reality to each citizen. It is to make the history of the nation part of the personal experience of each of its citizens.

He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.

The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves.

Record sales don't matter when the people who bought the records are dead and gone.

Those who object to human rights protection laws typically do so because they want to be above those laws.

love is reliable. infatuation is temporary.

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.

The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising.

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors.

I refuse to discuss tabloid rumors.

Terrific! A successful blend of genres, complex and fascinating characters, and loads of suspense make 24 Bones a must-read.

There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.