We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.

History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.

We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.

Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream... for all of us today, the battle is in our hands... The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions... We are still in for the season of suffering... How long? Not long. Because no lie can live forever... our God is marching on.

If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain.

Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.