I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

The Negro all over the South must come to the point that he can say to his white brother: "We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force."

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law. That would lead to anarchy.

I have a brother-in-law who lives in Spain.

Being a son, brother, uncle and brother-in-law is all I care about.