Medgar Evers famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.
-- Medgar Evers

#Men #Ideas
Freedom has never been free... I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.
-- Medgar Evers

#Children #Heart #Wife
Freedom has never been free.
-- Medgar Evers
The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home. He wants to do his part to help make his city, state, and nation a better place for everyone, regardless of color and race.
-- Medgar Evers

#Country #Home #Race
When you hate, the only person that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don't know it and the rest don't care.
-- Medgar Evers

#Hate #People #Suffering
When a black Jacksonian looks about his home community, he sees a city of over 150,000, of which 40% is Negro, in which there is not a single Negro policeman or policewoman, school crossing guard, or fireman.
-- Medgar Evers

#School #Home #Cities
Our only hope is to control the...
-- Medgar Evers

#African American
It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do it some day. There are lakes where a man can sink a hook and fight the bass. There is room here for my children to play and grow, and become good citizens-if the white man will let them....
-- Medgar Evers

#Children #Fighting #Men
I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car... If I die, it will be in a good cause. I've been fighting for America just as much as the soldiers in Vietnam.
-- Medgar Evers

#Fighting #America #Car
The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.
-- Medgar Evers

#Citizens #Should #Gift From God

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