We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .

I think one can live in American society with a certain cultural heritage, whether it's an African heritage or other, European,what have you, and still absorb a great deal of this culture. There is always cultural assimilation.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

This faith transforms the whirlwind of despair into a warm and reviving breeze of hope. The words of a motto which a generation ago were commonly found on the wall in the homes of devout persons need to be etched on our hearts: Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.

Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.