The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be... This is the inter-related structure of reality.

The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.

I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would be a Christian must be a nonconformist.

In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man.