- “We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence . . .” ~Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963

- “We cannot have an enlightened democracy with one great group living in ignorance… We cannot be truly Christian people so long as we flout the central teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

- “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

- “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetuate it.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

- “In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan. 15, 1929 — April 4, 1968)
