“There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment in history or nothing happens.”

“There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change.”

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

“Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.”

“The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense.”

“Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.”

“Madness is freedom and some may only perceive its Insanity.”

“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, runningthat's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the b...”

“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.”