The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws.

Whatever effects one directly, effects all indirectly.

We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.

Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.

We need to recapture the gospel glow of the early Christians who were nonconformists in the truest sense of the word . . . Their powerful gospel put an end to such barbaric evils as infanticide and bloody gladiatorial contests. Finally, they captured the Roman Empire for Jesus Christ.

By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up.

If we are going to achieve a real equality, the U.S. will have to adopt a modified form of Socialism.