People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie.

But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the great enterprises and ideals of American society.

The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.

Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.