Civil Rights Quotes

Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.

Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that encompasses all mankind.

The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.

The day for the Negro man being a coward is over.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

When I hear someone’s in the civil rights business, I oil up my AR-25.

Civil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again.

We have to "walk the walk" not just "talk the talk".

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.

Never, never be afraid to do what's right.

Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back

There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me.

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.

The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die

I would not open windows into men's souls.

Evil societies always kill their consciences.

Being able to laugh got me through.

Without justice, there can be no peace.

Would America have been America without her Negro people?

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

As far as I am concerned, freedom summer never really ended.

In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.