I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land.

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has the right to exist, and is one of the great outposts of democracy in the world.

The question is no longer between violence and non-violence it is between non-violence and non-existence.

How hard it is for people to live without someone to look down upon-really to look down upon. It is not just that they feel cheated out of someone to hate. It is that they are compelled to look more closely into themselves and what they don't like about themselves.

The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.