"I was sometimes prompted to take my life, and that of Covey, but was prevented by a combination of hope and fear."

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will…"

"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck."

"I am not here to argue with you, but to tell you what I know."

"What is the use of a man if he is not free?"