“The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible.”

“Democracy doesn't mean spreading terror.”

“Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live.”

“Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law.”

“Love should never mean having to live in fear.”

“The power of love is that it sees all people.”

“If we want truth and justice to rule our global village, there must be no hypocrisy. If there is no truth, then there will be no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, n...”

“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”

“To cheapen the lives of any group of men, cheapens the lives of all men, even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be ...”

“The self-congratulatory popular account insists that Dr. King called on the nation to fully accept its own creed, and the walls came a-tumbling down. This conventional narrative is soothing, moving...”

“Senator John Stennis:The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man. ... It freed my soul.”

“The greatest evil in our country today is...ignorance...We need to be taught to study rather than to believe.”