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?

The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.

Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.

Power is the ability to achieve purpose.

We must shift the arms race into a 'peace race'.