"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle."

"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."

"Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists."

"When you are right, you cannot be too radical; When you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative."

"Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think."

"The time is always right to do what is right."

"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."

"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."

"Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal."

"A lie cannot live."