There is no future for a people who deny their past. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. CreativityDenyFutureHonestyPastPeopleSucces
I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. BrandedChurchFatherGrandfatherGrandmotherIndignationMilitantMotherProductProtestSustained
The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn’t got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. BlackContinueFreedomHandKnowledgeLongerManPlodRacismStridingWayWearily
Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. ClimbingForwardGroundHarmoniousLawMenPressSocietyTime
No one can say Christianity has failed. It has never been tried. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. ChristianityFailFailedParticularTimeTriedTry
We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. DiscontentedLazyMindProduceSocietyWorld
A man’s respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. ExistFunnyInspirationalLawOrderPaycheckRelationshipRespectSize
The disciplined resentment of my father and mother, and the power of the mass action of the church. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. ActionChurchDisciplinedFatherMassMotherPowerResentment
Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. BeliefBrotherCommittedEqualityHypocriticallyManVainVineyard
It’s never the right time to take a particular stand. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. neverParticularPunctualRightStandTakeTime
