Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.

If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.

Was not Jesus an extremist for love: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." Was not Amos an extremist for justice: "Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Was not Paul an extremist for the Christian gospel: "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus."

It's just as evil to kill Vietnamese as it is to kill Americans.

Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would be a Christian must be a nonconformist.

I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

The labor movement was the principal force that transforme­d misery and despair into hope and progress.