If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown.
Martin Luther King, Jr.It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.
Martin Luther King, Jr.But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world. This is the calling of the sons of God, and our brothers wait eagerly for our response. Shall we say the odds are too great? Shall we tell them the struggle is too hard?
Martin Luther King, Jr.