In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.
You face the biggest challenge of all: to have the courage to seek your big dream regardless of what anyone says. You are the only person alive who can see your big picture and even you can't see it all.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.
I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down.
Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.
The time is always right to do what is right.
You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.
There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
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