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Man cannot live without some knowledge of the purpose of life. If he can find no purpose in life he creates one in the inevitability of death.

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.

The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.

I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.

what i really need is a dead man.

When you get to mixing sex and religion, it will make anybody crazy.

Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.