Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

Freedom is never given; it is won.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

It's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest.

The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.

Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.

Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.

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

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.

Power is the flower of organization.

We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

There's something I believe wholeheartedly: Cynicism is the true refuge of the pseudo-intellectual, .. Cynicism is easy. Joy is an extremely advanced spiritual and intellectual tenet.

I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.

I've been a biker, I've been a convict, I've been a husband, father, and son.

The best things in life are not seen or heard ... but felt with the heart.

I never thought in a million years that I would do a weekly series.

I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.

I don't think their voices are going to change at all. And it's what Democrats have always been saying. We are stronger together, but we're going to fight like heck if anybody tries to divide us.

There's no point regretting things. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Life's too short to worry about things I've said.

No doubt it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. That work is already advanced and is making progress every day. But man must be civilized also in relation to nature.