"I'm not going to fight for the white man's country."

"Why should I go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?"

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

"I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived, 'cause there ain't no black man that can remember all the words to the Star-Spangled Banner."

"I'm not trying to be a smart guy, but I'm asking you, if you could be anything, what would you be?"