Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace.

Stand up for justice, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.

A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man's social conditions....A ny religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion.

Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life.

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!