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Hate Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

73 Hate quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

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Hate is shown as a force that only multiplies itself, creating a spiral of violence. The quotes stress that love cuts the chain of hate, brings clarity and light, and is the right response everywhere. They describe love as a healing, illuminating power.

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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.

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Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.

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Returning hate for hate multiplies hate...

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Hate destroys the hater...

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Hate is too heavy a burden to bear.

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I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.

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Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

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I hate it when people quote me on the internet, claiming I said things that I never actually said.

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By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up.

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Nothing degrades a man do more than the allowed stoop so low as to hate someone

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Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.

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We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

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We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.

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Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater.

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Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity.

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Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of…

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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

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Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the…

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We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the…

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In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.

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Returning hate, adding deeper darkness to a night that is already void of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can…

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Returning violence for violence multiplies violence... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

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Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using…

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He (Jesus) knew that the old eye-for-eye philosophy would leave everyone blind. He did not seek to overcome evil with evil. He…

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We must work passionately and unrelentingly for the goal of freedom, but we must be sure that our hands are clean in…

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A second thing that an individual must do in seeking to love his enemy is to discover the element of good in…

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And I say to you, I have decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer…

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We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history…

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We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all…

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Too unconcerned to love and too passionless to hate, too detached to be selfish and too lifeless to be unselfish, too indifferent…

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The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot…

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Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence…

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In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate…

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Somebody must have sense enough to meet hate with love. Somebody must have sense enough to meet physical force with soul force.…

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...love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to…

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The use of violence in our struggle would be both impractical and immoral. To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing…

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Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody, because God loves them. You refuse to do anything…

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There's another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually…

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I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but…

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Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.

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What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.

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