"It is because they marched that I stand before you here today."
"They battled for America's soul, that shed blood, that endured taunts and torment, and in some cases gave the full measure of their devotion."
"The principles of equality that were set forth and were battled for have to be fought each and every day."
"If you want to change the world, the change has to happen with you first."
"We are in the presence today of a lot of Moseses. We're in the presence today of giants whose shoulders we stand on."
"There is an empathy gap. There is a gap in terms of sympathizing for the folks in New Orleans."
"I stand on the shoulders of giants."
"Materialism alone will not fulfill the possibilities of your existence."
"Better is not good enough. Until we have absolute equality in this country, we must continue to work."
"We've still got a lot of economic rights that have to be dealt with."
"History has a terrible way of repeating itself."