Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

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

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.