Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you."

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.

If I knew that the world ends tomorrow, I, even today, plant a tree

I judge people by their own principles..not by my own

A final victory is an accumulation of many short-term encounters. To lightly dismiss a success because it does not usher in a complete order of justice is to fail to comprehend the process of achieving full victory.

I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle.