Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are.

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.

Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.

As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.