Men are born equal but they are also born different.

Men are born equal but they are also born different.

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he read more

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.

There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.

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.

Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.

Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from read more

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.".

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in read more

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

It was a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

It was a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.