How hard it is for people to live without someone to look down upon-really to look down upon. It is not just that they feel cheated out of someone to hate. It is that they are compelled to look more closely into themselves and what they don't like about themselves.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will.

We must use time creatively.

Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream... for all of us today, the battle is in our hands... The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions... We are still in for the season of suffering... How long? Not long. Because no lie can live forever... our God is marching on.

The law of "An eye for an eye" will eventually leave everyone blind.