We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

The words 'I will forgive you, but I'll never forget what you've done' never explain the real nature of forgiveness.

Hate destroys the hater.

We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

What I'm saying to you this morning is that Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the Kingdom of Brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of Communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but in a higher synthesis.

In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.