Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored... I am not afraid of the word tension. I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, and there is a type of constructive tension that is necessary for growth.

Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.

Our generation will not have regretted both perverse crimes, and the eerie silence of the kind

Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God and without this hard work time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation.

Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.