The question is no longer between violence and non-violence it is between non-violence and non-existence.

I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle.

We must shift the arms race into a 'peace race'.

What good does it do to sit at the counter when you cannot afford a hamburger?

Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk.

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.