This quote from Martin Luther King Jr. argues that change does not happen automatically but requires continuous struggle and effort. To gain freedom, people must stand up straight through their efforts instead of allowing themselves to be oppressed by keeping their backs bent.

1. Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. Martin Luther King, Jr.