It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.
“My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs.”
“Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit.”