“Riots are the voices of the unheard.”
“A riot is the language of the unheard.”
“War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.”
“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”
“I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.”
“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
“The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.”
“If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.”
“The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.”
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
“When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”
“We must use time creatively -- and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.”
“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.”
“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.”
“We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.”
“There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.”
“The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.”
“Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”