Loving Your Enemies... Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this demand is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Yes it is love that will save our world and civilization; love even for our enemies.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote.

I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.