I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more.

My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world.

I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

It's like chess, you know. The Queen saves the King.