Carl T. Rowan

“A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.”

“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.”

“We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.”

“The greatest crime in a democracy is not to vote.”

“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.”

“The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.”

“It is a tragic irony that the very people who have suffered most from the absence of responsible government are the ones who are most likely to fail to vote.”

“Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game. It’s a way of life.”