Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Men #Order #Law
There is no future for a people who deny their past.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Honesty #Past #People
Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Brother #Equality #Men
Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Men #Climbing #Law
I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of my father and mother, and the power of the mass action of the church.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Mother #Father #Church
Mix a conviction with a man and...
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Men #African American #Conviction
We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Mind #Society #World
The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Men #Hands #Racism
It's never the right time to take a particular stand.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Right Time #Particular
No one can say Christianity has failed. It has never been tried.
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

#Christianity

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