We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.

People are often led to causes and often become committed to great ideas through persons who personify those ideas. They have to find the embodiment of the idea in flesh and blood in order to commit themselves to it.

The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.

A right delayed is a right denied.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.

The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind.