Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism... We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

I was in the kitchen drinking coffee when I heard Coretta cry, "Martin, Martin, come quickly!" I put down my cup and ran toward the living room. As I approached the front window Coretta pointed joyfully to a slowly moving bus: "Darling, it's empty!

Brutality was imprisoned in a lumious glare revealing the naked truth to the whole world

When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

The Universe is on the side of Justice