The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles o popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

I admire the good samaritan, but I don't want to be one.I don't want to spend my life picking up people by the side of the road after they have been beaten up and robbed.I want to change the Jericho road, so that everybody has an opportunity for a job, education, security, health.

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

Stand up for justice, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever.

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

No one is free until we are all free.