Civil rights Quotes

"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery" "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent, we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter" "I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." "Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong" "No human being is illegal." "The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves." "I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." "Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me." "If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it. People fought for us to have a voice." "Our fight must be grounded in the belief that equal justice under law is a right not an option or a privilege" "I grew up in a segregated America; I know what it feels like to be held down." "Rule of law is a fundamental principle we must adhere to"