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

Is your heart right? If your heart isn't right, fix it up today.

In order to be true to one's conscience and true to God, a righteous man has no alternative but to refuse to cooperate with an evil system.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

Power is the ability to achieve purpose.

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.

I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my dealings in the struggle for racial justice, but also my dealings with people, and with my own self.