A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law. Who can say that the legislature of Alabama which set up the state's segregation laws was democratically elected?

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.

Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.

I may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, "He died to make men free.

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

I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness as Negroes, Jews, Italians or any other distinctions. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream -- a dream yet unfulfilled.