4 quotes
As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood."
The 'Rivers of Blood' speech (1968)
The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.
The 'Rivers of Blood' speech (1968)
Above all, people are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles: “If only,” they love to think, “if only people wouldn’t talk about it, it probably wouldn’t happen.”
The 'Rivers of Blood' speech (1968)
"She is becoming afraid to go out. Windows are broken. She finds excreta pushed through her letterbox. When she goes to the shops, she is followed by children, charming, wide-grinning piccaninnies. They cannot speak English, but one word they know. 'Racialist,' they chant."
The 'Rivers of Blood' speech (1968)