We come to Selma to be renewed. We come to be inspired. We come to be reminded that we must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed

I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.

Don't give up! Don't give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.

You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

Go where your best prayers take you.

Life is a teacher. We are the student.

Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres.

The Justice Dept. is the new F.E.M.A.

I don't think I do that much to prepare for roles in general.

I lost my virginity when I was 6 years old.

The capacity for tears is the last demonstration of greatness.

We are now living in a jungle where the strong eats the weak,we are not better than the Arabs to despise them.

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass of artificial rules poorly conceived and often impossible [to apply].