The darkness of racial injustice will be dispelled only by the light of forgiving love. For more that three centuries American Negroes have been frustrated by day and bewilderment by night by unbearable injustice, and burdened with the ugly weight of discrimination. Forced to live with these shameful conditions, we are tempted to become bitter and retaliate with a corresponding hate. But if this happens, the new order we seek will be little more than a duplicate of the old order. We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.

The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.

Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.

Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

To be Negro in America is to hope against hope.

A lie cannot live.