Babies, we are told, are the latest news from heaven.

I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. To return hate for hate does nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. Someone must have sense enough and religion enough to cut off the chain of hate and evil, and this can only be done through love.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy

There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom.

To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.

I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.