Roy Wilkins

“There is no substitute for a militant freedom.”

“But the day of supplication is past. The day of justice on the basis of human right is here.”

“The players in this drama of frustration and indignity are not dramatic artists but human beings.”

“In this land of the free, we are perhaps the most conformist people in the world.”

“The talk of violence as a means of achieving justice is nonsense. It is nonsense because it is a suicidal policy.”

“We are against segregation because it is a cruel and unjust system that brands one group of citizens as inferior.”

“The only master race is the human race.”

“We have made progress. We have a long way to go. But we are not turning back.”

“A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, should be above suspicion.”

“Self-image is the key to personality and human behavior.”

“We believe in the orderly process of law.”

“It is not the province of the Negro to be a humble supplicant for his rights.”