The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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
