Quotes from Roy Wilkins

Nothing is more important than a good education.

Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back

President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil rights, we would all be speaking German now.

President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil rights, we would all be speaking German now.

The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success.

Muffle your rage. Get smart instead of muscular.

Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education.