“Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? Every white lawman who abuses the law to terrorize. Every white politician who feeds on prejudice and hatred. Every white preacher who preaches the Bible and stays silent before his white congregation.”
David Oyelowo - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“- Lisa: Not all white people are racist.
- Lesra: Not all black people are murderers.”
Deborah Kara Unger - Lisa
Vicellous Shannon - Lesra

“White folks just don't like to be pushed into a corner. They'll come around. You just got to make it look like it was their idea, like they're the ones that thought of it. They need to feel like they're the great emancipators. Like it was theirs to give in the first place. If that's all it takes, let them have it.”
Laurence Fishburne - Edward

“- Roger Murtaugh: Of course I'm black. That's why I want to go to South Africa...to join my oppressed brothers as they take up the struggle against this racist, fascist, white minority regime!
- Leo Getz: Racist white regime!
- Roger Murtaugh: One man, one vote!”
Danny Glover - Roger Murtaugh
Joe Pesci - Leo Getz

“I heard what the police did, and I'm not saying it was right. But you think the blacks wouldn't do the same thing to us, and worse, if they had half the chance? Do you think they'll let us go on living our nice, quiet, peaceful lives if they win? They'll swallow us up!”

Janet Suzman - Susan