If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would openly advocate disobeying these anti-religious laws.

The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.

All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

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 supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.

World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred, and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.

The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.