The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.

Three simple words can describe the nature of the social revolution that is talking place and what Negroes really want. They are the words "all," "now," and "here."

Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.

Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth

Sooner or later, all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood.

Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.