I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.

People will never fight for your freedom if you have not given evidence that you are prepared to fight for it yourself.

The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.

Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed.

When I say I love Eastland, it sounds preposterous a man who brutalizes people. But you love him or you wouldn't be here. You're going to Mississippi to create social change and you love Eastland in your desire to create conditions which will redeem his children. Loving your enemy is manifest in putting your arms not around the man but around the social situation, to take power from those who misuse it at which point they can become human too.

Black gay activists should try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice.

God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.