We have guided missiles and misguided men.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

Hate destroys the hater.

I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction... I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow... I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed.

A riot is the language of the unheard. On blacks in America; address at Birmingham AL

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.