Before it is too late, we must narrow the gaping chasm between our proclomations of peace and our lowly deeds which precipitate and perpetuate war.

We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.

Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come.

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.

On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. "A Time to Break Silence," at Riverside Church

Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil.

I am indebted to my wife Coretta, without whose love, sacrifices, and loyalty neither life nor work would bring fulfillment. She has given me words of consolation when I needed them and a well-ordered home where #Christian love is a reality.