Evil must be attacked by. . . the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.

To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.

He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.

Voting is the foundation stone for political action.

It's not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.

On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. "A Time to Break Silence," at Riverside Church

Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.