Facts Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We aren't going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

And before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world. This is the way…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Even though I have never had an abrupt conversion experience, religion has been real to me and closely knitted to life. In…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Agape means recognition of the fact that all life is interrelated. All humanity is involved in a single process, and all men…

— 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

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We know nothing about Africa, although our roots are there in terms of our forbearers. But I mean as far as the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is a sad fact that because of comfort, complacency, a morbid fear of communism, and our proneness to adjust to injustice,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We've been in the mountain of war. We've been in the mountain of violence. We've been in the mountain of hatred long…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever recurring song of retaliation. The oceans of history are…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

It all boils down to the fact that we must never allow ourselves to become satisfied with unattained goals. We must always…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is no truth to the myth that Negroes depreciate property. The fact is that most Negroes are kept out of residential…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... In…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is not only poverty that torments the Negro; it is the fact of poverty amid plenty. It is a misery generated…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I had a very depressing response because I realized that these were my own people, these were Negroes throwing eggs at me.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half the world. This is the way our universe…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

White Americans must be made to understand the basic motives underlying Negro demonstrations. Many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations are boiling inside…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I must face the fact, as all others in positions of leadership must do, that America today is an extremely sick nation,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr