Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life.

I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say in more emphatic terms that it is even more unfortunate that the white power structure of this city left the Negro community with no other alternative.

Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort on the part of Negro leaders to arouse their people from their apathetic indifference.... In the past, apathy was a moral failure. Today, it is a form of moral and political suicide.

If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would openly advocate disobeying these anti-religious laws.