I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason.

Martin Luther King said America had given a bad
check to black people.

Martin Luther King said America had given a bad
check to black people.

The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races read more

The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority.

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and read more

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality read more

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of read more

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.

The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, read more

The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - read more

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.