We should never forget that everything Adolph Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighers did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany.

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.

It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.

The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.

One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.