History is the sum total of things that could have...

A thick skin is a gift from God.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

Every age has its own poetry in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.

I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began.