A time comes when silence is betrayal. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government's policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought, within one's own bosom and in the surrounding world.

Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.

We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.

We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.