I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.

A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.

Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream... for all of us today, the battle is in our hands... The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions... We are still in for the season of suffering... How long? Not long. Because no lie can live forever... our God is marching on.

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

I’ve been to the Mountaintop

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.