Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You are less than...''You are not equal to...'

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Our children need our presence, not our presents.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind.