Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

Power is the ability to achieve purpose.

Three simple words can describe the nature of the social revolution that is talking place and what Negroes really want. They are the words "all," "now," and "here."

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.

We will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize that ends are not cut off from means, because the means represent the ideal in the making, and the end in process, and ultimately you can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.