If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South America. Is this not why nations engage in the madness of war without the slightest sense of penitence? Is this not why the murder of a citizen of your own nation is a crime, but the murder of citizens of another nation in war is an act of heroic virtue?

Our generation will not have regretted both perverse crimes, and the eerie silence of the kind

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.

Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity-thus capitalism can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.

Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.

Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.