Often The Oppressor Goes Along Unaware Of

We Know Through Painful Experience That Freedom Is Never Voluntarily Given By The Oppressor; It Must Be Demanded By The Oppressed. Frankly I Have Never Yet Engaged In A Direct Action Movement That Was 'well Timed,' According To The Timetable Of Those Who Have Not Suffered Unduly From The Disease Of Segregation. For Years Now I Have Heard The Word 'wait!' It Rings In The Ear Of Every Negro With A Piercing Familiarity. This 'wait' Has Almost Always Meant 'never.' We Must Come To See With The Distinguished Jurist Of Yesterday That 'justice Too Long Delayed Is Justice Denied.'

Make A Career Of Humanity. Commit Yourself To The Struggle For Equal Rights.

So Let Freedom Ring From The Prodigious Hilltops Of New Hampshire.

Let Us Not Wallow In The Valley Of Despair.

True Peace Is Not Merely The Absence Of Tension: It Is The Presence Of Justice.