The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line, -- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea.

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

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

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.

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

I only use three primaries, so the nice thing is I can't have favorite colors.

My responsibility is to save Tibet, to protect its ancient cultural heritage.

... men want recognition of their work, to help them believe in themselves.

But come on, like she hadn't seen every aisle in his grocery store already?

To be with the others, you have to have your hair short and wear ties. So we're trying to make a third world happen, you know what I mean?

The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.

The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him and openly demonstrate their desire to destroy him.

You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but you're glad to be there.

I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress.