The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.

Power is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice is love correcting everything that goes against love.

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.

The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people

[Malcolm X] had said a great deal about nonviolence, criticizing nonviolence, and saying that I approved of Negro men and women being bitten by dogs and the fire hoses, and I say, say go on and not defend yourself. I think this kind of response grew out of the build up, all of the talk about my being a sort of polished Uncle Tom.

Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter - but beautiful - struggle for a new world.

We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are still called upon to give aid to the beggar who finds himself in misery and agony on life's highway. But one day, we must ask the question of whether an edifice which produces beggars must not be restructured and refurbished.