Accepting Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?" and "Are you able to endure the ordeals of jail?"

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

You cannot solve the problem by turning to communism, for communism is based on an ethical relativism and a metaphysical materialism that…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Liberalism provided me with an intellectual satisfaction that I never found in fundamentalism. I became so enamored of the insights of liberalism…

— 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

An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In his essay 'Self-Reliance' Emerson wrote, 'Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.' The Apostle Paul reminds us that whoso…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Certainly I'm not saying that you sit down and patiently accept injustice. I'm talking about a very strong force, where you stand…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Christian faith makes it possible for us nobly to accept that which cannot be changed, and to meet disappointments and sorrow…

— 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

Nonviolence is a powerful as well as a just weapon. If you confront a man who has long been cruelly misusing you,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

If I were constantly worried about death, I couldn't function. After a while, if your life is more or less constantly in…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

As a teenager I had never been able to accept the fact of having to go to the back of a bus…

— Martin Luther King, Jr