Would America have been America without her Negro people?

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.

It's one thing to know the things you seek are within your reach, but another to confidently and courageously move forward and seize them.

If your screen stays blank or your notepad empty, God cannot use your words.

Let us now speak according to natural lights. If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible. . . . We are then incapable of knowing of either what He is or if He is. . . .

I've said consistently, the advice I give to Donald is to Donald [Trump]. And that's based upon our friendship over the last 14 years and the way I would expect to.

The stubbornness of a weak man should never be underestimated. The weak tend to be very stubborn when they've decided on something.

We'll fight terrorists in Iraq, we'll fight them across the world, and we will stay in the fight until the fight is won.

My best piece of advice I could give to all of the women and girls is really to honor and love your own uniqueness and to celebrate that and to really work hard not to try to be something you're not.

We will wait. We will wait till all is made righteous (glorious) according to the word of God.

I never have trouble keeping fact and invention straight.

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.