I am indebted to my wife Coretta, without whose love, sacrifices, and loyalty neither life nor work would bring fulfillment. She has given me words of consolation when I needed them and a well-ordered home where #Christian love is a reality.

I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the race problem in the United States.

The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

But life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.