I always felt growing up that in the South there was evil but also good - so much good.
Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made.
Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble... Good trouble, necessary trouble.
It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.
Selma was the turning point.
The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
Customs, traditions, laws should be flexible, within good reason, if that is what it takes to make our democracy work.
The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.
President trump's attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum.
I was honored to have an opportunity to speak on August 28th, 1963.
We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.
To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders.
Without the Sisters of St. Joseph, I might not be standing here.
If you ask me whether the election of Barack Obama is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream, I say, 'No, it's just a down payment.'
I'm very hopeful. I am very optimistic about the future.
Never give up. Never give in. Never become hostile... Hate is too big a burden to bear.
I really believe that all of us, as Americans... We all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.
Early on, I wrote a letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was 17. I felt called, moved.
We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
There's nothing wrong with a little agitation for what's right or what's fair.
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.
