The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy

Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth

We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.

The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.