It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government.