Capital punishment is against the best judgment of modern criminology and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God.

When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.

I just want to do God’s will.

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal “oughtness” that forever confronts him.

America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'

We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.

Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world