History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
True sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Set yourself earnestly to discover what you are made to do, and then give yourself passionately to the doing of it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I would urge you to give priority to the search for God. Allow his spirit to permeate your being. ... If you… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of… — 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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The decision we must make now is whether we will give our allegiance to outmoded and unjust customs or to the ethical… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts, religion deals with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary. Science keeps religion from singing into the valley of crippling irrationalism and paralyzingly obscurantism. Religion prevents science from falling into the marsh of obsolete materialism… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
I choose to identify with the underprivileged, I choose to give my life for the hungry, I choose to give my life… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Make a career of humanity... It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must… — 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
I know that God is not going to willfully hurt us. Why there is suffering is the business of the Lord, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral. ... Every now and then I ask myself, 'What is it that I want said?' I'd like somebody to mention that day, that Martin Luther King Jr., tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day, that… — 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
