“The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.”– Kurt Vonnegut Related Quotes “The sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.”“- Martin Luther King, Jr.” “The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, ‘In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.’”– Paul Ryan “Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.”– Barbara Jordan