If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would… — Martin Luther King, Jr Anti religious Copy Share Image
Now let me say that the next thing we must be concerned about if we are to have peace on earth and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Affirmation Copy Share Image
A piece of freedom is no longer enough for human beings...unlike bread, a slice of liberty does not finish hunger. Freedom is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Bread Copy Share Image
How hard it is for people to live without someone to look down upon-really to look down upon. It is not just… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There are always those who say legislation can't solve the problem. There is a half-truth involved here. It is true that legislation… — Martin Luther King, Jr Behavior Copy Share Image
We can't slow up because of our love for democracy and our love for America. Someone should tell Faulkner that the vast… — Martin Luther King, Jr America Copy Share Image
I think if we, say, if all of the major leaders in this struggle [for human's rights] were at, at war with… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Action Copy Share Image
The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they… — Martin Luther King, Jr Christ 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 America 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
We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Beautiful Copy Share Image
Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest… — Martin Luther King, Jr Absolutes Copy Share Image
A third reason why we should love our enemies is that love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
They asked if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it… — Martin Luther King, Jr Boys Copy Share Image
I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
[W]e are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My… — Martin Luther King, Jr Ashamed Copy Share Image
Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all… — Martin Luther King, Jr Capitalism Copy Share Image
I have a dream, one dream, keep dreaming. Dream of freedom, justice dreaming, dreaming of equality and hopefully no longer required to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Dream Copy Share Image
The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Ashamed Copy Share Image
Within the best of us, there is some evil, and within the worst of us, there is some good. When we come… — Martin Luther King, Jr Attitude Copy Share Image
In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man… — Martin Luther King, Jr Analysis 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
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The… — Martin Luther King, Jr Abyss Copy Share Image
A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of forgetfulness, but no society can fully repress an ugly past… — Martin Luther King, Jr America Copy Share Image
Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It all boils down to the fact that we must never allow ourselves to become satisfied with unattained goals. We must always… — Martin Luther King, Jr Discontent Copy Share Image
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize… — Martin Luther King, Jr Blues Copy Share Image
From the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring. From the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring. From the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept the idea that the 'is-ness' of a man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not… — Martin Luther King, Jr Christian Copy Share Image
Truth is not to be found either in traditional capitalism or in Marxism. Each represents a partial truth. Historically, capitalism failed to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Business Copy Share Image
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Conscience Copy Share Image
We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish together as foolsFor some strange reason I can… — Martin Luther King, Jr Brother Copy Share Image
I'll tell you, I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll. I felt sin-breakers dashing, trying to conquer my soul.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Denial Copy Share Image
So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself. I cannot make… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must recognize that we can't solve our problems now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… a… — Martin Luther King, Jr American society Copy Share Image