I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today – my own government.

We may win a battle, but if in doing so we have planted thousands of seeds of hatred and fear..the war is not over- only the present conflict has ceased. There will be no peace as long as we react to violence with violence.

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal “oughtness” that forever confronts him.

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

The truth may hurt, but love helps ease the pain.

My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.