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.

Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

When we ask Negroes to abide by the law, let us also declare that the white man does not abide by law in the ghettos. Day in and day out he violates welfare laws to deprive the poor of their meager allotments; he flagrantly violates building codes and regulations; his police make a mockery of law; he violates laws on equal employment and education and the provisions of civil services. The slums are the handiwork of a vicious system of the white society; Negroes live in them, but they do not make them, any more than a prisoner makes a prison.

I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic.

Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you're nobody.

Truth crushed to earth will rise again.

There is no easy way to create a world where men and women can live together... But if such a world is created in our lifetime, it will be done by rejecting the racism, materialism, and violence that has characterized Western civilization and especially by working toward a world of brotherhood, cooperation, and peace.