When you want a nation, that's called nationalism... Black nationalism. A revolutionary is a Black nationalist. He wants a nation.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.

Going back to something is harder than you think."I don't suppose I could have broken my mother's heart any more if I tried.

Making a film, I've learned, can be an exhausting process, due to the need for backing, distribution, etc.

Lady Luck shines on all, but rather than having your umbrella overhead, you've got to have your face to the sky. When it comes down to it, it's all you, baby. There's no other way around it.

Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

Love of my country does not demand that I shall hate and slay those noble and faithful souls who also love theirs.

Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?

I think the freedom to express one's views is more important than intellectual property.

There's almost a Darwinian quality about the NFL.