Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.

Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.

Through our scientific and technological genius we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment we must make of it a brotherhood. We must all learn to live together as brothers-or we will all perish together as fools.

Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'