Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

The inner dimension and the hidden time have already been discovered.

I look at people who aren’t us and I hate them.

If you don't feel an overwhelming sense of emotion when you listen to music, then you're listening to the wrong kind.

When you go to church you are really listening in to the secret wireless from our friends.

If your gonna go down, go down swinging!

Forgive everyone for your own sins and be sure to tell them you love them which you do.

I was always the last woman on the last down elevator as the store was closing.

Progress must not become progressivism, where success is measured only by achieving pragmatic results.

[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.

Jesus is knocking at your door. Take hold of the better life by letting him into your life. Make him the boss of your life. It'll change everything.