I have condemned any organizer of war, regardless of his rank or nationality.

Set yourself earnestly to discover what you are made to do, and then give yourself passionately to the doing of it.

Now let me say that the next thing we must be concerned about if we are to have peace on earth and good will toward men is the nonviolent affirmation of the sacredness of all human life. Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.

Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say.

... the right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.

Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.