Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power.

In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.

For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."

I'm thinking of love in action and not something where you say, "Love your enemies," and just leave it at that, but you love your enemies to the point that you're willing to sit-in at a lunch counter in order to help them find themselves. You're willing to go to jail.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve.

If a man has not discovered anything so dying is not worth living