Happiness is not so much a feeling as it is an attitude
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
Dr. King's policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.
If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
This country is a nation of thieves. It stole everything it has, beginning with black people. The U. S. cannot justify its existence as the policeman of the world any longer. I do not want to be a part of the American pie. The American pie means raping South Africa, beating Vietnam, beating South America, raping the Philippines, raping every country you’ve been in. I don’t want any of your blood money. I don’t want to be part of that system. We must question whether or not we want this country to continue being the wealthiest country in the world at the price of raping everybody else.
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.
As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture.
To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience.