When we see social relationships controlled everywhere by the principles which Jesus illustrated in life -- trust, love, mercy, and altruism -- then we shall know that the kingdom of God is here.

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind... The time is always right to do the right thing. Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.

Nothing pains some people more than having to think

My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him.

Perhaps...the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.