There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me.
The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future.
Without justice, there can be no peace.
We wanted black power to be all things to all people.
Racism has always been able to come up with a scientific veneer.
Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.
We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.
When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish.
Under the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said.
We must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all.
I think I came here as a priest. . . The priest is more concerned with heresy than with sin; sins can be forgiven; heresy must be eliminated.
As far as I am concerned, freedom summer never really ended.
It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
I think it's really crucial to leave our American context, not only for a sense of individual freedom, but also to make links to international struggles for civil rights.
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die
If you can't find anybody else, then I'll go. So, they couldn't find anybody else. So, I went.
Evil societies always kill their consciences.
Psychologically, I'm a Roman Baptist.
You can't put civil rights on the ballot.
What is interesting is that John Lewis actually got interested initially in the civil rights movement because of a comic book. So part of it, he's paying homage to this tradition that you can tell serious stories and talk about serious issues in graphic form.
