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There comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.

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Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of co...more

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We are going to win our freedom because both the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of the Almighty God are embodied in our echoing de...more

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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

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I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counci...more

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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools

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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

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Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. Anyone who lives inside the US can never be considered an outsider anywhere in the country

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But I am also concerned about our moral uprightness and the health of our souls. Therefore I must oppose any attempt to gain our freedom by the method...more

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I always contended that we as a race must not seek to rise from a position of disadvantage to one of advantage, but to create a moral balance in socie...more

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A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.

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This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the womb of intolerable condit...more