I think I'm an abstinence symbol. If I take my shirt off, people will not have babies.
When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.
Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth.
A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.
Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.
I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race.
In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.
I'd rather not have anything than be a liar.
One can not start by saying our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends on us to give it importance.
It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical