There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.

I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.

The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.

I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as a moral example of the world.

We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter. From Strength to Love, 1963

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

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