Quotes By James L. Farmer Jr.

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

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.