“There is no other American community in which the huge bulk of local business, from the smallest to the largest, is operated by outsiders.” -Claude McKay Tweet

“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never allow us to bring about genuine change.” -Audre Lorde Tweet

“He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.” -William Drummond Tweet

“Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.” -Holocaust Museum Tweet

“I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there, and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes.  I told him if he had stolen a railroad, he would be a United States senator.”  -Mother Jones; Labor Organizer Tweet

“Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.” -Author Unknown Tweet

“Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing […]

“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” -William Blake Tweet

“That’s why they’re doing me like this. Because if they can stop me, they can stop thirty more rappers before they’re even born. But there’s something else I understand now: If we really are saying rap is an art form, then we got to be true to it and be more responsible for our lyrics. […]