I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

Dr. King's policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.