Selma To Montgomery Marches/fight For The Vote - 1963-64

Famous quotes containing the words montgomery, fight and/or vote:

    “The fates are not quite obdurate;
    They have a grim, sardonic way
    Of granting them who supplicate
    The thing they wanted yesterday.”
    —Roselle Mercier Montgomery (1874–1933)

    “It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.”
    —P.J. (Patrick Jake)