We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.

We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him.

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the struggle for equal rights.

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.

Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war... Nothing can be more destructive of our fundamental democratic traditions than the vicious effort to silence dissenters.

Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.

Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.