It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.

People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.

To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

Money is necessary -- both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.

How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?

Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.