Be concerned about your brother...eithe r we go up together, or we go down together.

There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls.

Never, never be afraid to do what's right.

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the struggle for equal rights.

Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The tendency of most is to adopt a view that is so ambiguous that it will include everything and so popular that it will include everybody. Not a few men who cherish lofty and noble ideals hide them under a bushel for fear of being called different.

With the tough mind, there must also be a tender heart.

World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred, and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.