And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land

Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored... I am not afraid of the word tension. I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, and there is a type of constructive tension that is necessary for growth.

Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

Procrastinatio n is still the thief of time.