Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

The body is God's temple, but we are to worship God, not the temple.

Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.