It is experience which shapes a person, and the peculiar experience of the Negro in America which gives him a particular insight into the problems which torment the world.
The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.
As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems.
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also much more than that. So are we all.
What is a minority? The chosen heroes of this earth have been in a minority. There is not a social, political, or religious privilege that you enjoy today that was not bought for you by the blood and tears and patient suffering of the minority.
It's important to know who the real enemy is and to know the very real power that you have to defeat that enemy.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
