"I have a dream that one day ... sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." (1)

"I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare!" (1)

"It is quite easy for me to think of a God of love mainly because I grew up in a family where love was central and where lovely relationships were ever present." (19)

"I think that an objective reader may see how in the society to which I was exposed as a black youth here in America, for me to wind up in a prison was really just about inevitable." (38)

"I am not interested in being American, because America has never been interested in me." (38)

"We are simply seeking to bring into full realization that American dream—a dream yet unfulfilled." (58)

"God is not interested merely in...