In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

The body is God's temple, but we are to worship God, not the temple.

The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.

World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred, and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.

The great majority of Americans are suspended between these opposing attitudes. They are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it.

Every person must stand up and be accountable, but be responsible for their actions.