The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future.

Justice too long delayed is justice denied.

Unity has never meant uniformity.

I still have a dream today that one day war will come to an end, that men will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, that nations will no longer rise up against nations, neither will they study war any more.

What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.

There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is a man-made code that is out of harmony with the moral law.

And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land