So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community.

Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil.

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.

I am what I am because of who we all are.

The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.

Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk.