The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who lifted the lowly, strengthened the weak, ate with publicans, and made the captives free. In the light of this divine example, the doctrines of demagogues shiver in their chaff.

Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resources. The deficit is in human will.

I’ve been to the Mountaintop

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it

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

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.