If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.

We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

Even if I were certain that the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree this very day

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

We cannot walk alone.

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.