Every word and deed must contribute to an understanding with the enemy and release those vast reservoirs of goodwill which have been blocked by impenetrable walls of hate.

I would be misleading you if I made you feel that we could win a violent campaign. It's impractical even to think about it. The minute we start, we will end up getting many more people killed unnecessarily. Now, I'm ready to die myself. Many other committed people are ready to die. If you believe in something firmly, if you believe in it truly, if you believe it in your heart, you are willing to die for it, but I'm not going to advocate a method that brings about unnecessary death.

A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.

Why is the church always a taillight rather than a headlight?

No one is free until we are all free.

We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters.

This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.