"[Black people] come into the world exactly..." - Quote by Denzel Washington

“The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.”

“It's important for us to tell our stories.”

“It's not easy for me to admit that I've been standing in the same place for 18 years.”

“There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President.”

“If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is subhuman and deserves it.”

“Humanity is at its greatest perfection in the race of the whites.”

“When we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city...”

“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.”

“This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened ... It ought to to be possible, in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color.”