All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to read more

All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain read more

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his read more

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free

The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors.

The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.

All the people like us are we, And everyone else is They.

All the people like us are we, And everyone else is They.

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much read more

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.