Foundation Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

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

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

I’ve been to the Mountaintop

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr