Ralph Abernathy Professions : Minister Born : March 11, 1926 Died : April 17, 1990 Browse All Authors Top 20 quotes by Ralph Abernathy I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future. Ralph Abernathy kwanzaa future african-american I'm sick and tired of black and white people of good intent giving aspirin to a society that is dying of a cancerous disease. Ralph Abernathy tired black-and-white people It's not the name they call you, it's the name you answer to. Ralph Abernathy names answers Violence is the weapon of the weak. Ralph Abernathy violence weapons weak Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around. Ralph Abernathy black-history patriotism tears History will treat me right. Ralph Abernathy treat-me-right treats If you see a good fight, get in it and fight to win it! Ralph Abernathy good-fight fighting winning I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom. . . . Yet Rosa Parks is better known in history than Ralph David Abernathy. Why is that? Ralph Abernathy parks jail fighting Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history. Ralph Abernathy change christian jesus I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have. Ralph Abernathy bullets taken kings You may be assured that we won't ever let your words die. Like the words of our Master, Jesus Christ, they will live in our minds and our hearts and in the souls of black men and white men, brown men and yellow men as long as time shall last. Ralph Abernathy heart time jesus Not only are a voteless people a hopeless people. A non-producing people are hopeless also. Ralph Abernathy hopeless people I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint. Ralph Abernathy luther saint kings I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them. Ralph Abernathy my-friends force I loved Martin Luther King more than a brother. Ralph Abernathy luther brother kings The industrial landscape is already littered with remains of once successful companies that could not adapt their strategic vision to altered conditions of competition. Ralph Abernathy competition change successful Everything I learned about the Great Depression was from a college textbook. Ralph Abernathy great-depression textbooks college I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven. Ralph Abernathy perfect men father He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House. Ralph Abernathy crime damn white house In so many instances, there has been an attempt to rewrite history. And many times, on photographs, Martin and I were marching together, hand in hand; they cropped the photographs and left me out. Ralph Abernathy me left together history Similar Authors Al Sharpton minister Bernice King minister Benjamin Hooks minister Martyn Lloyd-Jones minister David Adam minister Darryl Strawberry minister All Authors
