A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Why is the church always a taillight rather than a headlight? — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It will be one of the tragedies of Christian history if future historians record that at the height of the twentieth century… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I was convinced that worship at its best is a social experience with people of all levels of life coming together to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I would be the last to condemn the thousands of sincere and dedicated people outside the churches who have labored unselfishly through… — 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 Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, most of the major denominations still practice segregation in local churches, hospitals, schools, and other church institutions. It is appalling that… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The most dangerous type of atheism is not theoretical atheism, but practical atheism -that's the most dangerous type. And the world, even the church, is filled up with people who pay lip service to God and not life service. And there is always a danger that we will make it appear externally that we believe in God when internally we… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — 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. ... We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves… — 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 Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living. If we… — 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 Image
The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Image
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Image
