Capitalism started out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.

Your truth will increase as you know listen to the truth of others

True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.

Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential.

I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective -- the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.

The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.