Medgar Evers

“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 that someday.”

“I was born in Decatur, was raised in Newton County, and went to school in Newton County. I know the county.”

“You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.”

“Freedom has never been free.”

“Our only hope is to control the vote.”

“The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.”

“When you hate, the only one that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don't know it and the others don't care.”

“We've been fighting for America for a long time.”

“I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car.”

“Let me be clear. I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, and die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.”