Fannie Lou Hamer

"It's in your hands. If you don't use your power, we're going to suffer."

"All I did was work, and all they gave me was a hard way to go."

"I'm no neo-slave. I'm fighting for my rights."

"Nothing beats a failure but a try."

"We've been oppressed, and now we want to be free."

"Keep on keeping on."

"I'm fighting for the rights of my people."

"Let me tell you the truth: I'm not beautiful in the way people want me to be."

"Never bend. Never bend your back to the systems of this world."

"They're going to have to kill me and take me out of this land. I'm determined to be free."

"Freedom is the most important thing on earth."

"I believe that everything happens for a reason."

"I am the only living descendant of my mother's family."

"It would be a sin to put a weapon of war into the hands of a black man."

"I'm fighting for the right to be treated as a human being."

"Whatever the problem is, the answer is love and patience."

"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."

"The only thing that has ever stopped me is the lack of education."

"I believe in working hard and doing the right thing."

"We have to change America's attitude toward black people."

"I love America. That is why I am fighting for justice."

"The Lord never makes mistakes. He knows what He is doing."

"We need to stand together as one people."

"I will never stop fighting for what is right."

"Education is the most powerful weapon against poverty."

"I believe in the power of the people when they stand together."

"We cannot accept crumbs from the table of democracy."

"I have faith that God will see us through."

"The struggle for freedom is eternal."

"We are strong because we believe in each other."