We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community.

The labor movement was the principal force that transforme­d misery and despair into hope and progress.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

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

My place is in the sunlight of opportunity.