Fannie Lou Hamer quotes

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. (Fannie Lou Hamer)
With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, 'cause that's what really happens. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
It's time for America to get right. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free country, when I am afraid to go to sleep in my own home in Mississippi?... I might not live two hours after I get back home, but I want to be a part of setting the Negro free in Mississippi. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
I always said if I lived to get grown and had a chance, I was going to try to get something for my mother and I was going to do something for the black man of the South if it would cost my life; I was determined to see that things were changed. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
Nobody's free until everybody's free. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
One day I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change-not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world. (Fannie Lou Hamer)
if I fall, I will fall five-feet four-inches forward in the fight for freedom. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
When they asked for those to raise their hands who'd go down to the courthouse the next day, I raised mine. Had it up high as I could get it. I guess if I'd had any sense, I'd have been a little scared - but what was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do was kill me, and it kinda seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time since I could remember. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer
I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face. View quote
Fannie Lou Hamer