America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'

The great majority of Americans are suspended between these opposing attitudes. They are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it.

Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up with certain niceties of complexity.

The labor movement was the principal force that transforme­d misery and despair into hope and progress.

Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity-thus capitalism can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will.