We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never yet engaged in a direct action movement that was 'well timed,' according to the timetable of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word 'Wait!' It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This 'wait' has almost always meant 'never.' We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that 'justice too long delayed is justice denied.'

There is something wrong with our world, something fundamentally and basically wrong.

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

Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.

Make no mistake about those who call themselves anti Zionist are anti Semitic.

I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life's blueprint. Number one...should be a deep belief in your own dignity. Your worth and your own somebodiness... Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.

Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.