“We've got to stay together and maintain unity. You know, whenever Pharaoh wanted to prolong the period of slavery in Egypt, he had a favorite, favorite formula for doing it. What was that? He kept the slaves fighting among themselves. But whenever the slaves get together, something happens in Pharaoh's court, and he cannot hold the slaves in slavery. When the slaves get together, that's the beginning of getting out of slavery. Now let us maintain unity.”
From his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech on April 3, 1968 in Memphis (see below).
From his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech on April 3, 1968 in Memphis (see below).