Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Quotes
It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.
You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.
So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!
We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.
Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.
In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.
Returning hate, adding deeper darkness to a night that is already void of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
When we see social relationships controlled everywhere by the principles which Jesus illustrated in life -- trust, love, mercy, and altruism -- then we shall know that the kingdom of God is here.
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been nonconformists.
Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.
If we are going to achieve a real equality, the U.S. will have to adopt a modified form of Socialism.
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.
Personality is like a charioteer with two headstrong horses, each wanting to go in different directions.
We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good.
And before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world. This is the way our universe is structured, this is its interrelated quality.
The great majority of Americans are suspended between these opposing attitudes. They are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.
Power is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice is love correcting everything that goes against love.
It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.
Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right?
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity.
The words 'I will forgive you, but I'll never forget what you've done' never explain the real nature of forgiveness.
Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter - but beautiful - struggle for a new world.
Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.
Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.
