The Most Luxurious Possession, The Richest Treasure

Negroes Aren't Seeking Anything Which Is Not Good For The Nation As Well As Ourselves. In Order For America To Be 100 Percent Strong -- Economically, Defensively And Morally -- We Cannot Afford The Waste Of Having Second- And Third-class Citizens.

I Know That I Am A Black Man In A White World. . . I Know That I Never Had It Made.

I Do Not Believe That Every Person, In Every Walk Of Life, Can Succeed In Spite Of Any Handicap. That Would Be Perfection. But I Do Believe That What I Was Able To Attain Came To Be Because We Put Behind Us (no Matter How Slowly) The Dogmas Of The Past: To Discover The Truth Of Today; And Perhaps The Greatness Of Tomorrow.

It's Not Easy To Be A Martyr In The Field Of Race Relations.

There's Not An American In This Country Free Until Every One Of Us Is Free.