“We will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity.”

A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.

We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.

Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?

You have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

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

We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.

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.

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

I say from time to time that the vote is precious.

Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.

The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.

People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.

You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.

Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.

We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.

You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

The dignity of man into your hands is given; Oh, keep it well, with you it sinks or lifts itself to heaven.

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.

A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.

The natural state of a human being is dignity.