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

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From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius. — Thomas Armstrong

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I may be going to Heaven or Hell, but I'll be going from Jackson. - Medgar Evers

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Freedom has never been free. - Medgar Evers

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The church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench.

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I'll be damned if I'm going to let the white man lick me. There's something out here that I've got to do for my kids, and I'm not going to stop until I've done it. - Medgar Evers

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I was a great student. I was good at everything.- Donald Trump

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Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up. — Albert Einstein

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Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy in Jackson will be a victory for democracy everywhere. - Medgar Evers

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

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