One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then… — Martin Luther King, Jr Absurdity Copy Share Image
The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world… — Martin Luther King, Jr Creative Copy Share Image
Before it is too late, we must narrow the gaping chasm between our proclomations of peace and our lowly deeds which precipitate… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every word and deed must contribute to an understanding with the enemy and release those vast reservoirs of goodwill which have been… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I do think there must be centralized leadership in the sense that, say, in our struggle all of the leaders coordinate their… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the… — Martin Luther King, Jr History Copy Share Image
I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective -- the solution to poverty is to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot… — Martin Luther King, Jr Analysis Copy Share Image
In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The most dangerous type of atheism is not theoretical atheism, but practical atheism -that's the most dangerous type. And the world, even… — Martin Luther King, Jr Atheism Copy Share Image
This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled.… — Martin Luther King, Jr American democracy Copy Share Image
This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic… — Martin Luther King, Jr Age Copy Share Image
Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor… — Martin Luther King, Jr Aghast Copy Share Image
Whenever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being "disturbers of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Ancient Copy Share Image
What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Absolutes Copy Share Image
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Code Copy Share Image
I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
As television beamed the image of this extraordinary gathering across the border oceans, everyone who believed in man's capacity to better himself… — Martin Luther King, Jr Borders Copy Share Image
As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Whatever my doubts, however heavy the burden, I feel that I must accept the task of helping to make this nation and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs… — Martin Luther King, Jr Change Copy Share Image
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Hate Copy Share Image
Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary… — Martin Luther King, Jr Beautiful Copy Share Image
All too many of those who live in affluent America ignore those who exist in poor America; in doing so, the affluent… — Martin Luther King, Jr Affluence Copy Share Image
The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An… — Martin Luther King, Jr Code Copy Share Image
Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic… — Martin Luther King, Jr Declaration Copy Share Image
Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it… — Martin Luther King, Jr Enemy Copy Share Image
And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you… — Martin Luther King, Jr Almighty Copy Share Image
Man is not made for the state; the state is made for man. To deprive man of freedom is to relegate him… — Martin Luther King, Jr Economy Copy Share Image
God is not merely interestd in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men.He is interested in the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The method of nonviolence seeks not to humiliate and not to defeat the oppressor, but it seeks to win his friendship and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Aftermath Copy Share Image
When Negroes looked for the second phase, the realization of equality, they found that many of their white allies had quietly disappeared…… — Martin Luther King, Jr Allies Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself;… — Martin Luther King, Jr Conclusion Copy Share Image
A woman can have a smile, and a woman can have a large backside, but I have been to the mountain and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A true revolution of values will see that the western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing… — Martin Luther King, Jr Arrogance Copy Share Image
He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Bad people Copy Share Image
