Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment in history or nothing happens.

There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history or nothing happens.