And violence is impractical, because the old eye for an eye philosophy ends up leaving everybody blind .. It is immoral because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for everybody. Means and ends are inseparable. The means represent the ideal in the making; in the long run of history destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

Our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America.

Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.