Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard put to distinguish them.

If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!

What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.

We are not here in this world to drift like seaweed. Whatever intelligence we have, it is our duty to drive to the utmost.

To get to forgiveness, we first have to work through the painful experiences that require it.

Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.

You can sum up what has killed capitalism in four words: too big to fail.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Set yourself earnestly to discover what you are made to do, and then give yourself passionately to the doing of it.

Love, for me, is always wanting the best for the other person even if it's not what's best for you.

No one escapes being haunted by something that absolutely terrifies them to the core, but very few feel it's okay to admit what it is that haunts us.

Pardon others often, thyself never.

Russian politics was focused for too long on fixing past mistakes - fixing the mistakes made in the 1990s.