A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.

Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time and in the same place.

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.

Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.

The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.

The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down.

It scored a direct hit on my eardrum and rattled around in side my head

Unity without uniformity, community without conformity.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

People come together with their families to celebrate Easter. What better way to celebrate than to spend a few hours going on the journey of Christ's life.

We must go beyond the intellect and find recourse in pure intelligence, which is spirit and movement.

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross.

My camera is my compass; it's guided me to so many different places.

At the best and even unexpurgated, diaries give a distorted or one-sided portrait of the writer.

The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered simply because they go unasked.

Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind.