True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land

As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.

There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all across this nation. And I welcome this as a marvelous development. The Negro of America is saying he's determined to be free and he is militant enough to stand up.

Unarmed love is the most powerful force in all the world.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.