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

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are.

I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle.

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.

True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.