The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

I am not afraid of the word tension.

It will be one of the tragedies of Christian history if future historians record that at the height of the twentieth century the church was one of the greatest bulwarks of white supremacy.

To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to the society but not wantonly destructive, moreover, it is more difficult for Government to quell it by superior force.

Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?" and "Are you able to endure the ordeals of jail?"

Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.

The Negroes of America had taken the President, the press and the pulpit at their word when they spoke in broad terms of freedom and justice. But the absence of brutality and unregenerate evil is not the presence of justice. To stay murder is not the same thing as to ordain brotherhood.