Doors Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

10 Doors quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

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Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of doors as pathways to justice. These ten concise lines echo his hopeful vision of moving forward together.

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Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.

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The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

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This faith transforms the whirlwind of despair into a warm and reviving breeze of hope. The words of a motto which a…

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The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got…

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I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the…

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Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate…

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Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate…

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We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout…

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I will always remember my delight when Mrs. Georgia Gilmore - an unlettered woman of unusual intelligence - told how an operator…

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When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am not speaking of that force…

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Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.

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The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.

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The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

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Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And…

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Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.

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What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.

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The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

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The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence…

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Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,

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I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will…

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