Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.

Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable . . .

As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free.

Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air, to renew the forests, to care for the plants, to protect the creatures, to celebrate the seas, to rejoice in the sunlight, to sing the song of the stars, to recall our destiny, to renew our spirits, to reinvigorate our bodies, to recreate the human community, to promote justice and peace, to love our children and love one another, to join together as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery, for the healing of the Earth and the renewal of all life.