Martin Luther King Jr.

"We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead."

"Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

"I believe that what self-centered and greedy men have torn down, men other-centered and generous can build up."

"There is something in this world which must be changed."

"The question is not whether we can afford to invest in our children's future."

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power."

"Love is the most durable power in the world."

"If you have not found something worth dying for, you are not fit to live."

"The Negro will only be free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being."

"All progress is precarious."

"We are called to be the conscience of the nation."

"I am a person, but I am a person with a purpose."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence."

"Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking."

"Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights."

"The time has come for this nation to fulfill its promise."

"Let us be dissatisfied until every man can have food and material necessities for his body."

"Nonviolence is a imminent failure."

"When you are right, you cannot be too radical."

"An individual has not started living until he has overcome his obsession with himself."

"The time comes when silence is betrayal."

"We've got to do something about the war in Vietnam."

"The arc of justice is long but it bends toward justice."

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."

"I have decided what my life's work shall be."

"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable."

"All men are created equal."

"Let nobody pull you so low as to hate them."