Taken all together, it's difficult to escape the verdict that William Wilberforce was simply the greatest social reformer in the history of the world.

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.

Justice is truth in action.

Power has only one duty--to secure the social welfare of the people.

We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.

In the old Republican days the subject of slavery and of the saving of the Union made appeals to the consciences and liberty-loving instincts of the people. These later years have been full of talk about commerce and dinner pails, but I feel sure that the American conscience and the American love of liberty have not been smothered. They will break through this crust of sordidness and realize that those only keep their liberties who accord liberty to others.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

Most blacks have lost the moral authority to claim the mantle of civil rights because they refuse to stand for what is right.

We're going to have to become very aggressive in addressing justice issues that have to do with fairness and doing that which is equitable and honoring to God.

It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.

I'm trying to... stay humble and keep doing what I do.

There was not much one could do; he decided at least to be good.