“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.”
From his last speech, April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee; click on video for an excerpt.
From his last speech, April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee; click on video for an excerpt.