I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end (purpose) of life. The end of life is not to be happy. The end of life is not to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. The end of life is to do the will of God, come what may.

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal “oughtness” that forever confronts him.

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

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

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'