One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you read more

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

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

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

No man is above the law, and no man is below it.