I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

The conservatives who say, "Let us not move so fast," and the extremists who say, "Let us go out and whip the world ," would tell you that they are as far apart as the poles. But there is a striking parallel: They accomplish nothing; for they do not reach the people who have a crying need to be free.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.