Never could I advocate nonviolence in this country and not advocate nonviolence for the whole world.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

The time is always right to do what is right.

We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability for our investments. This tells why American helicopters are being used against guerrillas in Colombia and Peru. Increasingly the role our nation has taken is the role of those who refuse to give up the privileges and pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investment.

You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.

Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.