I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

A riot is the language of the unheard.

"Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better."

"The Negro all over the South must come to the point that he can say to his white brother: "We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force.""

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.