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- A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands.
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), The Prince
- Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy
- Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.
- Paul Klee (1879 - 1940), Creative Credo, 1920
- ...And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Speech in Memphis, April 3, 1968, the day before King was assassinated
- We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Speech at St. Louis, March 22, 1964
- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
- Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
- Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
- I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Accepting Nobel Peace Prize, Dec. 10, 1964
- Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963
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