The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is the practical realist.

If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.

Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.

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

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy... In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.