We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.

I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.

The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever-recurring song of retaliation.

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

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.