It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.

We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.

World hinges on moral foundations. God has made it so! God has made the universe to be based on a moral law. So long as man disobeys it he is revolting against God. That’s what we need in the world today - people who will stand for right and goodness.

The modern choice is between non-violence or non-existence.

With the tough mind, there must also be a tender heart.

I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.

The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends