Christ furnished the spirit and motivation while Gandhi furnished the method.

When the Negro was completely an underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well.... But now that the Negro has rejected his role as an underdog, he has become more assertive in his search for identity and group solidarity; he wants to speak for himself.

I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.

In order to be true to one's conscience and true to God, a righteous man has no alternative but to refuse to cooperate with an evil system.