We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.

My friends, all I'm trying to say is that if we are to go forward today, we've got to go back and rediscover some mighty precious values that we've left behind. That's the only way that we would be able to make of our world a better world, and to make of this world what God wants it to be and the real purpose and meaning of it.

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

If you haven't found something worth dying for, you're not fit to live.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.

Our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America.

I hate it when people quote me on the internet, claiming I said things that I never actually said.