The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, read more

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.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

To be a Negro in America is to hope against hope.

To be a Negro in America is to hope against hope.

Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float.

Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float.

If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up.

If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up.

The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority.

The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority.

Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not read more

Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not from the mass