People Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

Nothing pains some people more than having to think

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is no sound more powerful than the marching feet of a determined people.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,...

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I judge people by their own principles..not by my own

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of [people] willing to be co-workers…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The conservatives who say, "Let us not move so fast," and the extremists who say, "Let us go out and whip the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The unemployed, poverty-stricken white man must be made to realize that he is in the very same boat with the Negro. Together,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Many people in Harlem never go out of Harlem. I mean they'd never even been downtown. And you can see how this…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is a strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must dispel the negative and harmful atmosphere that has been created by avaricious and unprincipled realtors who engage in "blockbusting." If…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In our struggle against racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, I came to see at a very early stage that a synthesis of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I may not get there with you, but I believe that we as a people will someday reach the promised land.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr