“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” — Frederick Douglass

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells

“Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.” — W. E. B. Du Bois

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” — Malcolm X

“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” — Fannie Lou Hamer

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.” — Rosa Parks

“Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.” — Albert Camus

“The civil rights movement didn’t begin in Montgomery and it didn’t end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.” — Julian Bond

“If we don’t believe in free expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” — Noam Chomsky

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” — Nelson Mandela