Power is the flower of organization.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

Freedom is never given; it is won.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

It's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest.

The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.

Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.

Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.

In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.

Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy

If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, then the world around you will also be subdued

The wonder of words.

That’s the thing about life. You don’t always get a second chance and there are no guarantees. Love is the only thing that really matters.

Whenever a group of people who are designed to primarily unite around one thing try to unite around something else, the result is devastating for all.

A good artist must be good at many things.

It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store.

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.

The West has yet to discover anything so hygienic as the Indian toothstick.

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I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.