I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.

We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life's marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.

As a teenager I had never been able to accept the fact of having to go to the back of a bus or sit in the segregated section of a train. The first time I had been seated behind a curtain in a dining car, I felt as if the curtain had been dropped on my selfhood.

My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.