But I say to you, my friends, there are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all men of good-will will be maladjusted until the good societies realize.

The real problem is that through our scientific genius we’ve made of the world a neighborhood, but through our moral and spiritual genius we’ve failed to make of it a brotherhood.

There is something wrong with our world, something fundamentally and basically wrong.

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

It's not how long a man lives, but how well he uses the time allotted him.

The idea of a superior or inferior race is a myth that has been completely refuted by anthropological evidence.

Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.