Martin Luther King Jr.: Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.
Martin Luther King Jr.: [somberly yet passionately speaking to church congregation at a funeral] Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? Every white lawman who abuses the law to terrorize. Every white politician who feeds on prejudice and hatred. Every whit...
Martin Luther King Jr.: Those who have gone before us say "no more"! No more! [church congregation repeats in unison] Martin Luther King Jr.: NO MORE! [church congregation again repeats him] Martin Luther King Jr.: That means protest! That means marc...
President Lyndon B. Johnson: Are you trying to shit me, George Wallace? Are you trying to fuck over your president?
Martin Luther King Jr.: We will not wait any longer! [church congregation applauds] Martin Luther King Jr.: Give us the vote! Jimmie Lee Jackson: [stands up and applauds] That's right - no more! Martin Luther King Jr.: We're not asking - we're demand...
President Lyndon B. Johnson: [Speaking to George Wallace] I'll be damned to let history put me in the same place as the likes of you.
Coretta Scott King: [from trailer] People out there actually say they're gonna kill our children, they're trying to get into your head.
Martin Luther King Jr.: We must March! We Must Stand up!
Rev. Hosea Williams: [while making their first attempt at crossing the bridge, Reverend Williams looks towards the water and then at John L. Lewis and asks] Can you swim?
President Lyndon B. Johnson: There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem.
Martin Luther King Jr.: What happens when a man says enough is enough?
Martin Luther King Jr.: [from trailer] WE MUST MAKE A MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION!
Martin Luther King Jr.: Selma it is.
President Lyndon B. Johnson: And we shall overcome.
Martin Luther King Jr.: It is unacceptable that they use their power to keep us voiceless.
Martin Luther King Jr.: We need your involvement here, Mr. President. We deserve your help as citizens of this country. Citizens under attack. President Lyndon B. Johnson: Now, you listen to me. You listen to me. You're an activist. I'm a politician....
Andrew Young: Hey, what you need guns for? Angry Marcher: The Bible says, an eye for an eye, reverend. Andrew Young: Yeah? Angry Marcher: I'm sick of this shit! Andrew Young: How many guns you think they got down there? That's an entire army down the...
J. Edgar Hoover: Mister President, you know we can shut men with power down, permanently and unequivocally.
