“At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can't take anything, you won't get anything, and if you can't hold any...”

“Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.”

“In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.”

“Patriotism has no appeal to us justice has. Party has no weight with us principle has. Loyalty is meaningless it depends on what one is loyal to. ”

“Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic...”

“Freedom is never given it is won. ”

“I never speak in silence.”

“Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.”

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

“Never take today for granted, tomorrow might never come.”