If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that ``all men are created equal;'' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.

Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.

The will is stronger than anything else. Everything must go down before the will, for it comes from God. A pure and strong will is omnipotent.

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

We are particularly thankful to you for your part in the movement to have the words under God added to our Pledge of Allegiance. These words will remind Americans that despite our great physical strength we must remain humble. They will help us keep constantly in our minds and hearts the spiritual and moral principles which alone give dignity to man.

Moral force is, unhappily, no substitute for armed force, but it is a very great reinforcement.