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> [President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil rights, we would all be speaking German now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/president-eisenhower-was-a-fine-general-and-a-good-decent-man-but-if/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

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## More by Roy Wilkins

> [Nothing is more important than a good education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/nothing-is-more-important-than-a-good-education/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

> [Muffle your rage. Get smart instead of muscular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/muffle-your-rage-get-smart-instead-of-muscular/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

> [. . . first in myth, later in reality, passion and violence watered my root soil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/first-in-myth-later-in-reality-passion-and-violence-watered-my-root/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

> [Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/nothing-should-be-overlooked-in-fighting-for-better-education/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

> [It would appear that the state of Mississippi has decided to maintain white supremacy by murdering children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/it-would-appear-that-the-state-of-mississippi-has-decided-to-maintain/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

> [Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/slowly-we-have-lifeted-ourselves-by-our-own-bootstraps-step-by/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

> [President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/president-eisenhower-was-a-fine-general-and-a-good-decent-man-but-if/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

> [The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wilkins/the-talk-of-winning-our-share-is-not-the-easy-one-of-disengagement/)

[Roy Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wilkins/)

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