It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is confronted massively, dramatically in terms of direct action.

This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable situations.

I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.

Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You are less than...''You are not equal to...'

The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.

We must substitute courage for caution.

The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open