Quotes by Civil Rights Leaders on Justice

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

If not us, then who? If not now, then when?

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

Sometimes you have to be a witness, even when no one else is.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

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

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.

It is never the wrong time to do the right thing.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Hate is too great a burden to bear.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Voting is the foundation stone for political action.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Let freedom ring.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.