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.

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

The words 'I will forgive you, but I'll never forget what you've done' never explain the real nature of forgiveness.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."

We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .

We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him.