The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it.

Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.

Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure energy. Deeds uninformed by educated thought can take false directions. When we go into action and confront our adversaries, we must be as armed with knowledge as they. Our policies should have the strength of deep analysis beneath them to be able to challenge the clever sophistries of our opponents.

The labor movement was the principal force that transforme­d misery and despair into hope and progress.

... the right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.