If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.

Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.

Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.

We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.

Be concerned about your brother...eithe r we go up together, or we go down together.

The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.

The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.