To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.

The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.

There is no gain without struggle.

The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.