Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

I may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, "He died to make men free.

I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.

"When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am not speaking of that force which is just emotional bosh. I am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality."

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.