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.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its least worthy members.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Segregation is on its deathbed-the question now is, how costly will the segregationists make the funeral?

In the end, as any successful teacher will tell you, you can only teach the things that you are. If we practice racism then it is racism that we teach.

A segregated school system produces children who, when they graduate, graduate with crippled minds.

While some [Quakers] preached the golden rule, others practiced segregation within their own churches; some even carried it to the church pew and the graveyard.

Shame on the cant and hypocrisy of those who can teach virtue, preach righteousness, and pray blessings for those only with skins colored like their own.