There is nothing more tragic in all the world than to know right and not to do it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only 53 annually on the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I feel that the time is always right to do what is right. Where progress for the Negro in America is concerned,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Make your way to death row and speak with the tragic victims of criminality. As they prepare to make their pathetic walk… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What is more tragic than to see a person who has risen to the disciplined heights of tough-mindedness but has at the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ...… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There's another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We talk eloquently about our commitment to the principles of Christianity, and yet our lives are saturated with the practices of paganism.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth, — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
