Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world.

I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea.

Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.

A piece of freedom is no longer enough for human beings...unlike bread, a slice of liberty does not finish hunger. Freedom is like life. It cannot be had in installments. Freedom is indivisible--we have it all, or we are not free.

One of these days I'm going to put my body where my mind is.

The modern choice is between non-violence or non-existence.

There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.