[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister seeks to defeat, not the persons victimized by evil.

There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth

A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make.

Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."

True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.

Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

Without justice, there can be no peace.