"Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds."

"My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, the in your imagination God suppose to look like you. And when you accept a picture of the deity assigned to you by another people, you become the spiritual prisoners of that other people."

"A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson."

"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."

"In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures."

"You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character."

"Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power."

"So Europe needs to be competitive and we also need to be competitive if we wish to remain an interesting economic partner for the United States. This has to be done on the basis of strength, of competitiveness."