A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.