--- title: "7 Humiliate Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr" description: "7 Humiliate quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Humiliate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/martin-luther-king-jr-127_achieve_violence-as-a-way-of-achieving-racial-ju_686247.jpg" --- > [Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/violence-as-a-way-of-achieving-racial-justice-is-both-impractical-and/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/martin-luther-king-jr-127_achieve_violence-as-a-way-of-achieving-racial-ju_686247.jpg) > [Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/hate-begets-hate-violence-begets-violence-toughness-begets-a-greater/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/martin-luther-king-jr-127_begets_hate-begets-hate-violence-begets-violenc_1140909.png) > [A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/a-second-basic-fact-that-characterizes-nonviolence-is-that-it-does/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beloved-community_a-second-basic-fact-that-characterizes-n_1183224.png) > [The use of violence in our struggle would be both impractical and immoral. To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-use-of-violence-in-our-struggle-would-be-both-impractical-and/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aim_the-use-of-violence-in-our-struggle-woul_1651696.jpg) > [Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/violence-as-a-way-of-achieving-racial-justice-is-both-impractical-and-2/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/martin-luther-king-jr-127_achieve_violence-as-a-way-of-achieving-racial-ju_1677450.png) > [We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-meet-the-forces-of-hate-with-the-power-of-love/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/martin-luther-king-jr-127_begets_we-must-meet-the-forces-of-hate-with-the_1862573.png) > [The method of nonviolence seeks not to humiliate and not to defeat the oppressor, but it seeks to win his friendship and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-method-of-nonviolence-seeks-not-to-humiliate-and-not-to-defeat/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aftermath_the-method-of-nonviolence-seeks-not-to-h_3226158.jpg) ## More by Martin Luther King, Jr > [The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-strong-man-holds-in-a-living-blend-strongly-marked-opposites/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-nation-was-born-in-genocide-when-it-embraced-the-doctrine-that/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somewhere-somebody-must-have-some-sense-men-must-see-that-force/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/every-genuine-expression-of-love-grows-out-of-a-consistent-and-total/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-remember-that-intelligence-is-not-enough-intelligence-plus/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [I’ve been to the Mountaintop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-ve-been-to-the-mountaintop/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-supreme-task-is-to-organize-and-unite-people-so-that-their-anger/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-great-issue-of-life-is-to-harness-the-drum-major-instinct/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somebody-must-have-sense-enough-and-morality-enough-to-cut-off-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/darkness-is-only-driven-out-with-light-not-more-darkness/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/what-seems-so-necessary-today-may-not-even-be-desirable-tomorrow/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-negro-cannot-win-the-respect-of-his-oppressor-by-acquiescing-he/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-majority-of-the-negroes-who-took-part-in-the-year-long-boycott-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/whenever-you-are-engaged-in-work-that-serves-humanity-and-is-for-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-a-dream-that-one-day-even-the-state-of-mississippi-a-desert/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humiliate/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist", "name": "7 Humiliate Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. 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