Michael Schwerner

"We will either learn to live together or die together."

"Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

"I have come to believe that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people."

"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative."

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon."

"The arc of history bends, but it does not bend on its own toward justice."

"We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"I have a dream of a world where people are judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

"The greatest tragedy is not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."

"The privilege of my life has been to work with great colleagues and friends."

"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time."

"I have come to accept that patience is a virtue."

"The Negro should never surrender his basic rights."

"We must be willing to pay the price for justice."

"My soul has grown deep like the rivers."

"Let us be practical in our methods and idealistic in our goals."

"We must always conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline."

"The time of inaction is over."

"We seek not to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding."

"History is filled with the sound of silk slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up."

"I have come to realize that whatever we do, we must do with all our might."

"The chains of slavery took centuries to bind; they will not be broken overnight."

"When we are able to accept that all men are made in the image of God, then and only then can we accept peace."

"The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but no morals."

"We will fight for our rights with whatever means available to us."

"I believe we can change this world if we change ourselves first."

"Let us march on ballot boxes with hope and faith."

"The struggle continues and the work is not finished."

"We must be faithful to our values and true to our purpose."

"In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer."