[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.

I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.

The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward Negroes.

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'

Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.

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