Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters.

We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words ‘Too Late’.

We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.

[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.

I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.