If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

If you worry about who is going to get credit, you don't get much work done.

We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.