I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Personality is like a charioteer with two headstrong horses, each wanting to go in different directions.

Jesus reminds us that the good life combines the toughness of the serpent and the tenderness of the dove. To have serpent-like qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish. To have dovelike without serpent-like qualities is to be sentimental, anemic and aimless. We must combine strongly marked antitheses.

Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater.

So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.