History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.

Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.

The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.

The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down.

when someone dumps you, it's heartbreaking and insulting and horrible, sure, but being the one who breaks up is almost as bad.

the Devil's hand directs our every movethe things we loathed become the things we love

You're cute when you're worried. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

I’m not scared of death, Dad, ” I told him. “I’m scared of not living. I don’t want to die with any regrets that I didn’t get to do the things in life that I’ve always wanted.

When you think about such fine actors as Maggie Smith or Michael Gambon, they do all mediums. I think it would be quite sad and a bit dull just to have to stick to one. I like all of them.

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact

Most problems are caused by solutions.

Thunderstorms were rare in California, but when they came they were, like most things in California, larger than life.

I don't work with a trainer. I just go to cheerleading practice and run a couple times a week.

Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.