When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.

All men are interdependent. Every nation is an heir of a vast treasury of ideas and labor to which both the living and the dead of all nations have contributed. Whether we realize it or not, each of us lives eternally 'in the red.' We are everlasting debtors to known and unknown men and women.

Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world

Never could I advocate nonviolence in this country and not advocate nonviolence for the whole world.

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.

If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century.

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.