To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to the society but not wantonly destructive, moreover, it is more difficult for Government to quell it by superior force.

The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that a system that produces beggars needs to be repaved. We are called to be the Good Samaritan, but after you lift so many people out of the ditch you start to ask, maybe the whole road to Jericho needs to be repaved.

Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.