The Negro says, 'Now.' Others say, 'Never.' The voice of responsible Americans ... says, 'Together.' There is no other way.

The society in which the people of God will seek to implement this justice is one that remains sinful. It is in fact fortunate that, as Jesus puts it, the Torah is written for people who have stubborn wills. The Torah seeks to pull people toward God's creation intent, but it makes realistic allowance for their stubbornness (e.g., Mt 19:1-12). The empire and every other society remains a mixed entity, which makes the First Testament distinctively useful in this connection.

The First Testament is under no illusion about whether implementing the Torah has the potential to achieve God's purpose for Israel's life. There is no direct link between seeking to restrain injustice in society and the implementing of God's reign. Implementing God's reign is fortunately God's business.

We can do better. ...We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality.

What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used, a guarantee of results.

We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

As a leader you must be sincerely committed to what's right rather than who's right.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.

The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.

Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil.