Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.

I'll tell you, I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll. I felt sin-breakers dashing, trying to conquer my soul. But I heard the voice of Jesus saying still to fight on.

Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism... We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

What good does it do to sit at the counter when you cannot afford a hamburger?

Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth.

We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.