Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Quotes

Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life. - Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it. - Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty . - Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them. - Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative. - Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

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