“What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in this land of his birth, and not in Africa or in some imaginary state. The Negro no longer will be tolerant of anything less than his due right and heritage. He is pursuing only that which he knows is honorably his. He knows that he is right.” KnowsWantStatesLandBirthAbsolutesDuesHeritageImaginaryUnqualifiedFreedom And Equality Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress. We are all trustees for the American people, custodians of the American heritage. It is my task to report the State of the Union--to improve it is the task of us all.” PeopleStatesProgressMembersTasksConstitutionUnionsCongressPartnersReportsHeritageRivalsCustodiansTrustees Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962