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Justice Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s quotes paint justice as a river that will eventually flow over oppression. They speak of a dream where love and fairness lift everyone up, and they claim that the moral arc of the universe bends toward right. The words link deep love with the hope for true equality.

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We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.

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Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.

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A right delayed is a right denied.

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We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters.

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I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.

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To be Negro in America is to hope against hope.

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Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.

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The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice.

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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

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The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

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Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.

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I am convinced that...in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship.

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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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We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.

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A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.

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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions…

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I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and…

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I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my…

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All life is interrelated. The agony of the poor impoverishes the rich; the betterment of the poor enriches the rich. We are…

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Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral…

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What I'm saying to you this morning is that Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and…

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Like a boil that must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be…

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A final victory is an accumulation of many short-term encounters. To lightly dismiss a success because it does not usher in a…

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We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't…

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I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White…

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When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let…

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Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say…

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There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that…

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May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership... Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but…

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Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate…

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For more than two centuries our foreparents labored here without wages; they made cotton king; and they built the homes of their…

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History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the…

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Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air,…

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Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose... one of the great problems of history is that the concepts…

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We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly…

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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and sons of former slave-owners…

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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

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Without justice, there can be no peace.

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Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.

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The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

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Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,

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