The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.

To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.

I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.

Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.

One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.

Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.

We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.