My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man

We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

America, you must be born again!

The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. But, the way of nonviolence leads to redemption and the creation of the beloved community.