An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.

There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth

Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism... We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

It's just as evil to kill Vietnamese as it is to kill Americans.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.