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.

Your self-image should not come from the job you do but from how well you do your job.

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.

We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.

In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man.

Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.