If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.

To accept passively an unjust system is to cooperate with that system; thereby the oppressed become as evil as the oppressor. Non-cooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.