He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.

Segregation shaped me; education liberated me.

I have a huge ego and a huge inferiority complex at the same time.

There's not alcoholic in the world who wants to be told what to do. Alcoholics are sometimes described as egomaniacs with inferiority complexes. Or, to be cruder, a piece of shit that the universe revolves around.

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

Some people unable to go to school were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors.