By...our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim; by allowing our movie and television screens to teach our children that the hero is one who masters the art of shooting and the technique of killing...we have created an atmosphere in which violence and hatred have become popular pastimes.

I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity

The Darwinian concept of the survival of the fittest has been substituted by a philosophy of the survival of the slickest.

There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.