Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by James L. Farmer, Jr.

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.

James Leonard Farmer Jr. was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr." He was the initiator and organizer of the first Freedom Ride in 1961, which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate transportation in the United States.

American - Activist | January 12, 1920 - July 9, 1999

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Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

Evil societies always kill their consciences.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

Over the years, there has been an intermingling of film and aircraft. This relationship has generated all kinds of movies, including those filmed in San Diego.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

It's hard to pay attention and stay focused, especially when there is a lot going on around you.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

Institutional practices, it seems, perpetuate themselves mostly by their invisibility.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

Ugliness has its own splendor when it houses a soul of beauty.

James L. Farmer, Jr.