True progress is slow but sure.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

The remains of the old must be decently laid away; the path of the new prepared. That is the difference between Revolution and Progress.

Arms alone can give the world no permanent peace, no confident security. Arms are solely for defense - to protect from violent assault what we already have. They are only a costly insurance. They cannot add to human progress.

Within the white majority there exists a substantial group who cherish democratic principles above privilege and who have demonstrated a will to fight side by side with the Negro against injustice. Another and more substantial group is composed of those having common needs with the Negro and who will benefit equally with him in the achievement of social progress.

Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention.