There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate …

There is no turning back. We are winning because ours is a revolution of the mind and the heart.

There is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is present... What is it that causes some men to act so hastily and…

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.

The worst of our institutions, in its worst aspect, cannot keep down energy, truthfulness, and earnest struggle for the right.

I have always believed that success would be the inevitable result if the two services, the army and the navy, had fair play, and if we sent the right man to f…