Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.

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.

There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.

I do think there must be centralized leadership in the sense that, say, in our struggle all of the leaders coordinate their efforts, cooperate and, and at least evince a degree of unity.