The use of violence in our struggle would be both impractical and immoral. To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love; we must meet physical force with soul force. Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding.

Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world.

The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been nonconformists.

What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.

Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell.