I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

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

Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.

History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them.

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

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.