I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the race problem in the United States.

Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force.

It is not only poverty that torments the Negro; it is the fact of poverty amid plenty. It is a misery generated by the gulf between the affluence he sees in the mass media and the deprivation he experiences in his everyday life.

Violence is not the way.

As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.

To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.

Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyzes life; love harmonies it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.