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,

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

When white and black and brown and every other color decide they're going to live together as Christians, then and read more

When white and black and brown and every other color decide they're going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.

When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point read more

When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point out that it is not because of my colour.

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send read more

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.

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.

A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When read more

A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people read more

At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people into being.