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

The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people

[People] don't see that there's a great deal of a difference between nonresistance to evil and nonviolent resistance.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.

I'm thinking of love in action and not something where you say, "Love your enemies," and just leave it at that, but you love your enemies to the point that you're willing to sit-in at a lunch counter in order to help them find themselves. You're willing to go to jail.

Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums.

I think there can be a collective leadership. Maybe some symbolize the struggle [for human's rights] a little more than others, but I think it's absolutely necessary for the leadership to be united in order to make the revolution effective.