Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.

It's just as evil to kill Vietnamese as it is to kill Americans.

I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.

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

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'