"I thought I was going to die a few times. On the Freedom Ride in the year 1961, when I was beaten at the Greyhound bu…"

"I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living."

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

"… Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we ca…"

"Our children and their children will ask us what did you do? What did you say? For some this vote may be hard. But we…"

"I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life. I have nev…"

"Our nation is founded on the principle that we do not have kings. We have presidents. And the Constitution is our com…"

"We were beaten, we were tear-gassed. I thought I was going to die on this bridge. But somehow and some way, God almig…"

"55 years ago today, we were beaten, tear gassed, and trampled by horses. I thought I saw death. I thought I was going…"

"Next time we march we may have to keep going when we get to Montgomery. We may have to on to Washington."