James L. Farmer, Jr. Quotes
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We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.
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It's hard to pay attention and stay focused, especially when there is a lot going on around you.
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Institutional practices, it seems, perpetuate themselves mostly by their invisibility.
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Ugliness has its own splendor when it houses a soul of beauty.
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Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.
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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.
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If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction.
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Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.
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Evil societies always kill their consciences.
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Over the years, there has been an intermingling of film and aircraft. This relationship has generated all kinds of movies, including those filmed in San Diego.
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