Power and those in control concede nothing ... without a demand. Hey never have and never will... Each and every one of us must keep demanding, must keep fighting, must keep thundering, must keep plowing, must keep on keeping things struggling, must speak out and speak up until justice is served because where there is no justice there is no peace.

A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.

I glory in the conflict, that I may hereafter exult in the victory. I know that victory is certain.

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.

I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me. There was no getting rid of it. It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate.

My hopes were never brighter than now.