Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

The truth may hurt, but love helps ease the pain.

I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity

We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.

You see, my friends...you begin to ask the questions, 'Who owns the oil?' You begin to ask the question, 'Who owns the iron ore?' You begin to ask the question, 'Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that is two-thirds water?'

We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.