Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.

When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.

True sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.

All too many of those who live in affluent America ignore those who exist in poor America; in doing so, the affluent Americans will eventually have to face themselves with the question that Eichman chose to ignore: How responsible am I for the well-being of my fellows?

The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue.

There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.