Quotes By James L. Farmer Jr.

Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

Evil societies always kill their consciences.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.