There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the race problem in the United States.

God has given each normal person a capacity to achieve some end. True, some are endowed with more talent than others, but God has left none of us talentless.

Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system.

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.

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