Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.

The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open

When we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city...

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.

Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.