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

Courage is a finite resource, it is exhausted by the terrors we face.

A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief - as well as injustice - to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other.

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.