"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."

"The best way to overcome racism is to educate people and to teach them to be open-minded."

"The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed, I suppose."

"I often think of the many people who have suffered and sacrificed for freedom."

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."