Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter - but beautiful - struggle for a new world.

Even if I were certain that the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree this very day

What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger?

We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was “legal” and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.” It was “illegal” to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler’s Germany. Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers. If todayI lived in a Communist country where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I would openly advocate disobeying that country's antireligious laws.

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell.

Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual.