From the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring. From the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring. From the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, let freedom ring. But not only that: Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.

A riot is the language of the unheard. On blacks in America; address at Birmingham AL

It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only 53 annually on the victims of poverty.

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

We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.

Like a boil that must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed to the light of human conscience before it can be cured.