Medgar Evers Quotes & Sayings

Our only hope is to control the vote. — Medgar Evers

When you hate, the only person that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don't know it and the rest don't care. — Medgar Evers

I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car ... If I die, it will be in a good cause. I've been fighting for America just as much as the soldiers in Vietnam. — Medgar Evers

When a black Jacksonian looks about his home community, he sees a city of over 150,000, of which 40% is Negro, in which there is not a single Negro policeman or policewoman, school crossing guard, or fireman. — Medgar Evers

You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea. — Medgar Evers

I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them. — Medgar Evers

The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi. — Medgar Evers

Freedom has never been free. — Medgar Evers

Our only hope is to control the ... — Medgar Evers

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. — Medgar Evers

It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do it some day. — Medgar Evers

The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home. He wants to do his part to help make his city, state, and nation a better place for everyone, regardless of color and race. — Medgar Evers