Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective.

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.

Without justice, there can be no peace.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos and community.

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.