Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.

The limitation of riots$$$ moral questions aside$$$ is that they cannot win$$$ and their participants know it.

The poor never get the job done—they are sleepy.

Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi$$$ a desert state sweltering in the heat of injustice and oppression$$$ will one day be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated$$$ everybody shares in the victory.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek$$$ but a means by which we arrive at that goal.